Blue hydrogen is effectively ineligible for the top level of the credit, as noted above, and there are no provisions in the proposed rule that explicitly allow nuclear power to qualify as a clean-power source. That’s a big issue not only because the U.S. is a major producer of natural gas and nuclear power, but also because five of the seven regional hydrogen hubs selected to receive billions in federal funding last year would rely on producing hydrogen using one (or both) methods. If blue and pink projects (the latter being those powered by nukes) are no longer economically viable, that undercuts the potential of the hubs.

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