Tallgrass Energy, LP announced that the United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL) awarded the company federal funding as part of a national effort to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies and support DOE’s recently announced Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative to reduce the cost and accelerate breakthroughs in the clean hydrogen sector. The DOE award will fund Tallgrass’ study of CO2 capture associated with producing hydrogen from natural gas via an autothermal reforming (ATR) facility. The study’s objective is to design a commercial-scale carbon capture unit capable of capturing 1.66 million metric tons per year of pure CO2 with more than 97% total carbon capture efficiency. Over the coming months, Tallgrass will work with DOE officials to finalize terms and scope of the study, valued at $1.875 million. Tallgrass is partnering with the DOE-NETL, the University of Wyoming, Technip Energies, BASF Corporation and Haldor Topsoe on this effort.