{"id":19628,"date":"2023-07-25T11:40:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=19628"},"modified":"2023-10-22T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T19:33:23","slug":"readout-sen-ossoff-commissioner-echols-georgia-tech-convene-third-meeting-of-georgia-hydrogen-energy-braintrust","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/readout-sen-ossoff-commissioner-echols-georgia-tech-convene-third-meeting-of-georgia-hydrogen-energy-braintrust\/","title":{"rendered":"READOUT: Sen. Ossoff, Commissioner Echols, Georgia Tech Convene Third Meeting of Georgia Hydrogen Energy Braintrust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bipartisan Hydrogen Braintrust continues working to make Georgia the national leader in hydrogen innovation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff, Commissioner Echols, Georgia Tech brief leaders on Federal funding opportunities through the \u201cCHIPS and Science Act\u201d to advance hydrogen energy research & development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competitive grant program aims to strengthen economic development, manufacturing, and deployment of critical energy technologies \u2014 including hydrogen, solar & electric vehicles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atlanta, Ga.<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his work to make Georgia the national leader in advanced energy manufacturing and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, Sen. Ossoff, Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols, and Georgia Tech convened the third meeting of the Georgia Hydrogen Energy Braintrust at Georgia Tech\u2019s Kendeda Building. The group included dozens of key leaders in the public and private sectors, including in energy, transportation and logistics, education and research, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group discussed how to take advantage of new opportunities through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act\u2019s Regional Tech Hub grant program, a competitive grant program aimed at strengthening economic development, manufacturing, and deployment of critical technologies, including hydrogen, solar, electric vehicles, batteries, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Georgia Tech announced<\/a> it was leading a coalition effort to bid for funding through the program, partnering with academic, industry, and community leaders in Georgia and Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff and Commissioner Echols launched the Georgia Hydrogen Energy Braintrust<\/a> earlier this year alongside Georgia Tech to strengthen energy security and attract new economic investment to the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGeorgia is on track to become the nation\u2019s advanced energy capital, powered by infrastructure and manufacturing incentives unlocking the full potential of our research, logistics, workforce, and entrepreneurial assets,\u201d\u00a0said Sen. Ossoff.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cI thank Commissioner Echols for his continued partnership as we convene Georgia\u2019s industrial and academic leaders to advance the development of our hydrogen sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHydrogen has never enjoyed the funding opportunities that are out there right now,\u201dsaid Echols.<\/strong> \u201cGeorgia is poised to take advantage of this and our bi-partisan Braintrust is bringing potential stakeholders and off-takers together to strategize and plan for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGeorgia Tech is firmly committed to leveraging its expertise and convening stakeholders to lead this regional tech hub and amplify Georgia\u2019s leadership in clean energy technologies and electric mobility,\u201d said Tim Lieuwen, Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Tech.<\/strong> \u201cWe are delighted to be supporting this hydrogen brain trust, and incorporating the state\u2019s leadership in hydrogen, batteries, and electric vehicles into a powerful engine of economic development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also discussed their continued work to support and advocate for Georgia\u2019s participation in the Southeast Hydrogen Hub Coalition, which is bidding to win funding<\/a>from the Department of Energy\u2019s Regional Hydrogen Hub grant program, established through the bipartisan infrastructure law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sen. Ossoff and Commissioner Echols convened<\/a> the first meeting of the Hydrogen Energy Braintrust in February at Georgia Power\u2019s McDonough-Atkinson Plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June, Sens. Ossoff and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced two bipartisan bills<\/a> to jumpstart public and private sector development of hydrogen for aviation and further study the use of hydrogen energy to support the aviation sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This March, Sens. Ossoff and Graham also led a bipartisan group<\/a> of Southeastern U.S. Senators from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee in support of the Southeast Hydrogen Hub coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2022, Sen. Ossoff\u2019s office convened key partners in Camden County to discuss coastal Georgia\u2019s vital role in this cutting-edge energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in June 2022, Sen. Ossoff led a coalition of Georgia energy companies, universities, public transportation agencies, and clean energy advocates in support of<\/a> the Southeast Hydrogen Hub proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Braintrust will continue to meet on a recurring basis to discuss other key aspects of Georgia\u2019s hydrogen future, including workforce development.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bipartisan Hydrogen Braintrust continues working to make Georgia the national leader in hydrogen innovation Sen. Ossoff, Commissioner Echols, Georgia Tech brief leaders on Federal funding opportunities through the \u201cCHIPS and Science Act\u201d to advance hydrogen energy research & development Competitive grant program aims to strengthen economic development, manufacturing, and deployment of critical energy technologies \u2014 including […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19628","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20720,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19628\/revisions\/20720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}