The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced that the agency awarded nearly US$25 million in grant funding to the Port of Houston Authority as part of a public-private collaboration between Port Houston and Linde Inc., an industrial gases company, with additional partners GTI Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, and Center for Houston’s Future.
This award will be used to construct and operate a hydrogen fueling station for heavy-duty trucks. The project, Bayport HRS, will result in an innovative pipeline-based Hydrogen Refueling Station (HRS), which will offer high fueling throughput with convenient and publicly accessible fueling options, further enabling supply chain development in Texas and the Gulf-Coast region.
Linde will design, construct, own and operate the new facility, creating a cost-effective heavy-duty (HD) truck hydrogen fueling station in Bayport, Texas.
This project will be a coordinated public-private collaboration between the public agency leading Port Houston, a major industrial company in HRS and hydrogen supply (Linde), an energy innovation firm (GTI Energy), a non-profit with experience in energy transition in Houston (Center for Houston’s Future, CHF), and a global modeling hydrogen delivery infrastructure company (Argonne National Laboratory, ANL).
The project supports the Port’s Sustainability Action Plan and ambitious goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. It also aligns with national strategies for transportation decarbonization and clean hydrogen.
Last year, Houston Port’s grants team secured nearly US$57 million in grant funding further supporting its sustainability plan to lead, partner with others, or support to produce tangible results.
