The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced 55 grants from the Clean Ports Program, including six port authorities selected to receive more than $475 million in EPA funding to advance hydrogen-based port operations.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office
October 30, 2024
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Six port authorities to receive more than $475 million in EPA funding to advance hydrogen-based port operations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced 55 grants for a total of nearly $3 billion from the Clean Ports Program, funded through the Inflation Reduction Act. The selected applications will fund zero-emissions port equipment and infrastructure as well as climate and air quality planning at U.S. ports located in 27 states and territories. Selectees include six port authorities focused on expanding the use of hydrogen-based equipment and technologies in port operations:
| Port Department of the City of Oakland | Oakland, CA | $322.1M |
| Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | Chicago, IL | $92.1M |
| Hawaii Department of Transportation | Honolulu, HI | $56.7M |
| Wayne County Port Authority | Detroit, MI | $3.0M |
| Don Young Port of Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $1.9M |
| South Carolina State Ports Authority | Charleston, SC | $1.3M |
This new funding program was built on EPA's Ports Initiative, which helps our nation's ports—a critical part of America's infrastructure and supply chains—address public health and environmental impacts on surrounding communities.
In February 2024, EPA announced two separate funding opportunities for U.S. ports—a Zero-Emission Technology Deployment Competition to directly fund zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure to reduce mobile source emissions, and a Climate and Air Quality Planning Competition to fund climate and air quality planning activities. These solicitations closed in May 2024 with over $8 billion in requests from applicants across the country seeking to advance next-generation, clean technologies at U.S. ports.
Read more about these historic investments.