EPA announces $475 million in hydrogen-focused funding for ports

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October 30, 2024

EPA Announces Clean Ports Program Selections

Six port authorities to receive more than $475 million in EPA funding to advance hydrogen-based port operations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced 55 grants for a total of nearly $3 billion from the Clean Ports Program, funded through the Inflation Reduction Act. The selected applications will fund zero-emissions port equipment and infrastructure as well as climate and air quality planning at U.S. ports located in 27 states and territories. Selectees include six port authorities focused on expanding the use of hydrogen-based equipment and technologies in port operations:

Port Department of the City of Oakland

Oakland, CA          

$322.1M      

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency      

Chicago, IL

$92.1M

Hawaii Department of Transportation

Honolulu, HI

$56.7M

Wayne County Port Authority

Detroit, MI

$3.0M

Don Young Port of Alaska

Anchorage, AK

$1.9M

South Carolina State Ports Authority

Charleston, SC

$1.3M

This new funding program was built on EPA's Ports Initiative, which helps our nation's ports —a critical part of America's infrastructure and supply chains—address public health and environmental impacts on surrounding communities.

In February 2024, EPA announced two separate funding opportunities for U.S. ports—a Zero-Emission Technology Deployment Competition to directly fund zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure to reduce mobile source emissions, and a Climate and Air Quality Planning Competition to fund climate and air quality planning activities. These solicitations closed in May 2024 with over $8 billion in requests from applicants across the country seeking to advance next-generation, clean technologies at U.S. ports.  

Read more about these historic investments.