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$1.5 Billion for Clean Energy
Wisconsin’s governor is asking to keep $1.5 billion in federal clean energy money.
Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday released the letter he wrote to Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
“Given these clear benefits and the importance of these investments to Wisconsin’s and our nation’s economy, I was deeply concerned to see reporting last week containing a list of over 600 DOE funding awards that are potentially going to be targeted for termination with no clear reasoning or justification,” Evers wrote.
The bulk of the money, $925 million, is earmarked for the The Heartland Hydrogen Hub project which is a Midwestern-wide project that included some of far-western Wisconsin.
Most of the area of focus for the Heartland Hydrogen Hub was in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana. The Biden Administration awarded the $925 million back in 2023, but the project has not yet moved past its initial planning stage.
The rest of the money that the governor is asking to save comes in much smaller chunks, and for much smaller projects. Including a $2.9 million grant to the University of Wisconsin System.
"Our state university system has long been a hub for advanced energy research, and federal funds support cutting-edge work in fields like battery storage, carbon capture, grid modernization, and biofuels," the governor wrote. "These are areas that are critical for the future of U.S. energy independence, and losing this support will slow technological progress and hamper critical research into new and emerging technologies."
The Department of Energy canceled the funding earlier this month after the Trump Administration said the projects "did not meet the economic, national security or energy security standards necessary to justify continued investment."
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