The coming Manchin-Biden feud over 'clean hydrogen'

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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) speaking at the Capitol. Alex Brandon/AP Photo

The coming Manchin-Biden feud over ‘clean hydrogen’

Eenews.net | Nico Portuondo | 07/28/2023

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is gearing up for yet another fight with the Biden administration, this time over how to implement a tax subsidy for “clean hydrogen,” a key part of the Inflation Reduction Act.

There’s a big difference this time around: He has allies on his left.

Unlike his feud with President Joe Biden over electric vehicle tax credits, the Energy and Natural Resources chair has the backing of leading Senate Democrats who want to see a nascent energy industry succeed and not be hamstrung by regulation.

“We need hydrogen,” said Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Tom Carper (D-Del.). “We need hydrogen to decarbonize, among other things, big trucks, big buses, and there may be some use to address aviation emissions.” It all comes down to a still-unresolved question: What exactly is clean hydrogen? ...more
https://www.eenews.net/articles/the-coming-manchin-biden-feud-over-clean-hydrogen/

An excellent and detailed article about the coming Green H2 fight

Meanwhile, China is becoming the global leader in the hydrogen industry - in just ~6 years.

Lead, Follow or GTF out of the way.

[Think. Again.]

1. So....

... A green H2 plant would able to pay retail electric prices for large amounts of electricity, but can't simply finance it's own non-CO2 energy generation plant that fits their needs and would, over the long run, supply cheaper electricity because the cost wouldn't include the retailers profit?

Why are they buying electricity at a mark-up instead of just including the electric generation panels or turbines in the construction of their Hydrogen production facility?