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Michigan invests $7.5M to find out if it’s sitting on a clean energy gold mine

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Michigan invests $7.5M to find out if it’s sitting on a clean energy gold mine
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Michigan is investing $7.5 million to research geologic hydrogen — a clean energy source buried beneath the state that experts say could help power a transition away from fossil fuels. That’s because when hydrogen fuel burns, the only byproduct is water. There are no greenhouse gases or other harmful air pollutants emitted, unlike fossil fuels.



If used as a fuel or in fuel cells, a large store of hydrogen could help clean up the state’s high-emissions industries, such as trucking and steel as

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