John Cockerill Hydrogen North America (48C Self-Disclosed)

John Cockerill Hydrogen North America will establish its first U.S. based facility for electrolyzer production. This gigafactory will have capacity to manufacture 200 patented 5-megawatt pressurized alkaline electrolyzers per year, which is the equivalent of 1GW electrolyzers per year. The selected location in Baytown, Texas contains a building which would require retrofit activities to be suited for electrolyzer production purposes. John Cockerill will prepare its site for electrolyzer manufacturing, build out production for electrolyzers, establish local supply chains including materials sourced from U.S. suppliers for critical components, and undertake staffing and training of talent to work at the facility, with the objective of starting electrolyzer stack assembly by Year End 2024.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released applicant self-disclosed information for 22 projects across 17 states that voluntarily shared with DOE that they received a total of nearly $1 billion in allocations from the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). Nine of the self-disclosed projects indicated they are located in 48C energy communities – communities with closed coal mines or coal plants—showcasing the Biden Administration’s commitment to investing in America’s energy communities.