The US 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. (Earlier post.) The selected applications will fund zero-emissions port equipment and infrastructure as well as climate and air quality planning at US 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; $322.1M

• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; $92.1M

• Hawaii Department of Transportation; $56.7M

• Wayne County Port Authority; $3.0M

• Don Young Port of Alaska; $1.9M

• South Carolina State Ports Authority; $1.3M

In February 2024, EPA announced two separate funding opportunities for US 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 more than $8 billion in requests from applicants across the country seeking to advance next-generation, clean technologies at US ports.