(PRNewswire)—Citing delays and increasing uncertainty over implementation rules guiding the use of the 45V H₂ production tax credit provisions of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and an inability to reach final commercial terms with project developers, CNX Resources Corporation has ended coordination with the Adams Fork project and is evaluating several viable alternative sites in southern West Virginia for clean H₂ projects.

The company remains committed to supporting the Appalachian Regional Clean H₂ Hub (ARCH2) via use of its local, low cost, low carbon intensity feedstock, which is ideal for affordable, clean H₂ production in historically disadvantaged energy communities across Appalachia. CNX's final investment decision remains contingent upon tax credit guidance that unambiguously supports low carbon intensity feedstock projects that will facilitate development of the regional clean H₂ hubs, including ARCH2.

CNX calls on the federal government to heed the advice of elected officials, organized labor, and stakeholders across the country who have advocated for rules that would catalyze, not stifle, the burgeoning H₂ economy.

The ARCH2 H₂ hub brings together private industry, state and local government, academic and technology institutions, NGOs, and community organizations across the Northern Appalachian region including West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. The region is the textbook location for a clean H₂ hub due to its unique access to ample low-cost natural gas feedstock, end-user demand, workforce and technology capability and carbon sequestration potential.

As one of the largest, most efficient and environmentally sustainable sources of natural gas in the world, Appalachia has the tools to become the epicenter for skilled labor job creation while lowering regional, national and global carbon emissions. Appalachia can be the launchpad to a more efficient and sustainable future catalyzed by lower carbon intensity natural gas.