DOE Leader Praises California Leadership In Kicking Off First Hydrogen ‘Hub’

Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary David Crane is lavishing praise on California officials’ leadership in launching the nation’s first low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure “hub,” arguing that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and other Golden State officials have far outpaced other states in qualifying for a $1.2 billion federal grant. “The California hub shined during that [DOE] interview” for the grant, Crane said during an Aug. 30 event in Oakland, CA. “We interviewed about 13 different applicants, and California was about halfway...