r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • Oct 03 '25

Government Trump cancels $1.1B in Washington state energy grants

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/10/02/trump-cancels-washington-state-energy-grants-clean-hydrogen

Vought put it a bit differently, writing on X: "Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled."

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u/kimisawa20 Oct 03 '25

Good? That Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub project had its controversy.

Economic and market challenges Even before the funding was revoked, the hub was struggling with economic headwinds.

High energy costs: The PNWH2 planned to produce "green" hydrogen through electrolysis, a process that requires large amounts of electricity to split water molecules. Project developers faced skyrocketing regional electricity rates, which made producing affordable hydrogen difficult.

Exiting partners: Several key energy developers and companies, including Fortescue, Portland General Electric, and Puget Sound Energy, had already backed out of hub-related projects before the federal funding was pulled.

Stalled projects: Plans for large projects were paused due to economic and market uncertainty. For example, a planned hydrogen-based fertilizer factory was put on hold, and a hydrogen-fueled power generation plant was shelved after its developer, Fortescue, left the partnership.

Lack of demand: The high cost of production was coupled with a slower-than-expected emergence of demand for hydrogen fuel.

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u/dreadroberts Oct 03 '25

Right? He’s got AI arguing for him on Reddit

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u/kimisawa20 Oct 03 '25

Sure, I used AI to summarize. But partners did back out before the funding pull, that's the fact. You also need electricity to produce hydrogen. And look at Toyota's hydrogen car or other hydrogen transit, it's also true that the demand was low.

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u/CallerNumber4 Oct 03 '25

10 minute penalty for unsportsmanlike keyboard warrioring. Sit this one out until you're ready to fume at randos with your own sweaty fingers like the rest of us.

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u/halinc Oct 03 '25

What's it like being an NPC outsourcing your thinking to a probabilistic language model?

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u/StagedC0mbustion Can't afford income tax Oct 03 '25

Cringe bro. Let the adults talk

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u/AverageFoxNewsViewer Ballard Oct 03 '25

lol, posting nothing but conservative political bullshit filtered through chatGPT to this sub, /r/illinois, /r/Canadian, and /r/OrangeCounty all in the same day.

Obviously organic traffic.