Geography and Logistics
Louisiana’s private sector has announced over $20 billion of hydrogen energy projects.
- Key to the hydrogen industry in Louisiana is its large-scale, advanced pipe network that crisscrosses every major interstate and waterway in the state.
- In 2022, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma formed a regional partnership called HALO Hydrogen Hub to develop a regional hydrogen business cluster that will produce, process, deliver and store clean hydrogen. The partnership will focus on education, outreach, research and development, project demonstrations, policy and regulatory support.
Private Investments
Air Products
Clean Hydrogen Works
Workforce and Higher Education
- H2theFuture is a multifaceted, groundbreaking plan to create an offshore wind-powered hydrogen energy industry cluster in south Louisiana. The project is funded through $50 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Challenge grant and $24.5 million in matching state money.
- One H2theFuture initiative will provide workforce training for more than 20,000 workers from the oil and gas industry, rural residents and minorities. The Louisiana Community and Technical College System will lead the training and retraining efforts. The region’s four HBCUs — Dillard University, Southern University, Southern University of New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana — will create a new energy specialization to position students as hydrogen industry leaders.
