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DOT Awards Port Houston $25 Million Grant

[ January 31, 2025   //   Gary G Burrows ]

The U.S. Department of Transportation, or DOT, and the Federal Highway Administration, FHWA, said on Jan. 10 that it was awarded the Port of Houston Authority nearly US$25 million in grant funding to construct and operate a hydrogen fueling station for heavy-duty trucks.
The project is a public-private collaboration between the Gulf port and Linde Inc., an industrial gases company, with additional partners GTI Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, and Center for Houston’s Future.
The project, Bayport HRS, will be a pipeline-based Hydrogen Refueling Station, or HRS, which will offer high fueling throughput with publicly accessible fueling options. Linde will design, construct, own and operate the new facility in Bayport, Texas.
The project supports the port’s Sustainability Action Plan and its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. It also aligns with national strategies for transportation decarbonization and clean hydrogen.
“With this US$25 million grant award, Port Houston’s highly effective grants program is off to a strong start in 2025” said Charlie Jenkins, Port Houston’s CEO.
“Partnering with Linde, one of the largest hydrogen producers in the world and owner of a major pipeline complex that serves the Houston region, is in line with the port’s strategy of engaging the Houston Ship Channel industry on projects that benefit the community, promote sustainability, decarbonization and clean transportation,” said Rich Byrnes, Port Houston’s chief infrastructure officer. “Port Houston’s sustainability roadmap and grants strategy is about accelerating and de-risking business decisions supporting decarbonization and energy transition.”
Richard Minter, president of hydrogen mobility for Linde, said it welcomed the cooperative effort to “develop key hydrogen infrastructure and support the future decarbonization of heavy transport in Texas.”
“Hydrogen has tremendous potential to reduce emissions in hard-to-abate sectors like heavy-duty trucking,” said Kristine Wiley, vice president, low carbon energy solutions, GTI Energy. “The Bayport HRS project demonstrates how collaboration and innovative infrastructure can accelerate hydrogen’s integration into a low-cost, low-carbon future.”
The collaboration is to support the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy, and U.S. National Clean H2 Strategy and Roadmap.
Last year, the port’s grants team secured nearly US$57 million in grant funding further supporting the port’s sustainability plan to lead, partner with others, or support to produce tangible results.

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