Hydrogen Tax Credit Talks Advance as Energy Tech Experts Join in

Energy Department technical experts are weighing in on how the Treasury Department should devise a production tax credit for hydrogen, a step toward much-anticipated guidance that has generated heated debate from industry and environmental groups.

“We’re in very active conversions internally,” David Turk, deputy secretary of Energy, said during an event Monday.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently got a briefing from a cross-agency team the department established to advise senior officials, he said. The department is working with Treasury and the White House, Turk said, declining to comment on specifics.

“There are different opinions on this, different perspectives on this, ...