United States Senator Charles Schumer is pushing for a $520 million federal loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy for a hydrogen production plant planned for an industrial site near Batavia.
The Western New York STAMP site in Genesee County is the planned home for a hydrogen “gigafactory” being developed by Plug Power to support hydrogen-fueled and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and other equipment. Hydrogen can drive both fuel cells for electric vehicles and modified internal combustion engines, giving off nothing but water vapor for exhaust. The site is expected to generate 68 new jobs.
The hydrogen plant will also support Plug Power’s planned fuel cell factory, opening in Rochester this summer. It will also be the first in a planned nationwide network of hydrogen production sites for the green economy.
Senator Schumer said, “Securing this federal loan guarantee will be a win-win to supercharge Plug Power to new heights by supporting its planned 68-job hydrogen fuel production facility at the WNY STAMP site in Genesee County while also creating the nation’s first U.S.-wide network of green hydrogen production facilities to produce carbon-free fuel-cell power. I’m glad the DOE has now given Plug Power the green light to pursue a federal loan guarantee. I’ll continue to support Plug Power to the fullest in securing this loan guarantee and creating North America’s largest green hydrogen production facility right here in the heart of Western New York. “
The $520 million loan guarantee will support Plug Power’s construction of five new green hydrogen production facilities to create the first U.S.-wide green hydrogen production network. The facilities will vary in size, producing between 10 to 60 tons of green hydrogen fuel per day up, totaling approximately 180 tons per day of liquid hydrogen production capacity. Plug Power plans on starting with the construction of a $290 million production facility at the Western New York STAMP (Science, Technology, Advanced Manufacturing Park) site in Genesee County, which will produce 45 tons of green hydrogen daily, create 68 new jobs, and rank as North America’s largest green hydrogen production facility. Schumer previously noted this new network of green hydrogen fuel production facilities, including the facility at STAMP, can be a national model in efforts to achieve the Biden administration’s goal to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create quality clean energy jobs.
Plug Power’s new production facility at STAMP would produce green hydrogen to supply fuel-cell-powered equipment and vehicles such as freight transportation and logistics handling equipment – some powered by fuel cells that will be manufactured at the upcoming Plug Power ‘gigafactory’ slated to open in Rochester this summer. Schumer said Plug Power can lead the charge in dramatically reducing our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions with the construction of its first green hydrogen production faci