Our Hydrogen Capabilities
Hydrogen Energy Sources
The hydrogen value chain’ s genesis is energy. Whether that energy is sourced from renewable energy, including solar, offshore wind, and renewable natural gas, or traditional fossil fuels, including natural gas, Bracewell’ s professionals have the experience and insight to guide clients through this emerging market.
Bracewell’ s power and renewables team serves as trusted advisor to the world’ s leading solar and wind developers. With a reputation for excellence, responsiveness and understanding our clients’ businesses, our teams provide commercial, practical and creative advice to help our solar and wind clients achieve their commercial objectives.
Our full-service energy practice provides clients with practical and innovative solutions to the issues facing the evolving global gas sector. We understand that the global gas industry is influenced by markets, government regulations, economic trends, technological advancements, geopolitics, and other global forces, and our lawyers anticipate the direction of the global gas market to ensure that our clients are prepared for changing dynamics and stay ahead of the curve.
Hydrogen Production
One attribute that makes hydrogen such an attractive solution to support the clean energy transition is its versatility, including that there are multiple pathways to production. Traditional production methods from fossil fuels are evolving to include carbon capture technologies. While technologies like electrolysis are ramping up to increased capacity.
Bracewell advises clients on a range of matters involving the development, financing and execution of hydrogen production facilities, including federal tax policy, siting, environmental permitting and real estate issues, and energy regulatory and compliance matters, as well as carbon capture, utilization and storage( CCUS) projects supporting large-scale hydrogen production.
Our lawyers have established a strong legacy of representations involving hydrogen facilities. As hydrogen technology emerges and evolves, our experience allows us insight into how to structure new hydrogen projects efficiently and effectively to meet the needs of the changing hydrogen industry.
Hydrogen Policy
Federal policy is driving the accelerated deployment of hydrogen technology— new incentives are fundamentally shifting the hydrogen economy, while regulatory and legal frameworks are evolving. The shifting federal regulatory and policy landscape is complex and requires industryfocused professionals who can provide advocacy, strategic communications, and legal representation services to help clients navigate the changing landscape.
Bracewell is the leading national law firm working with US lawmakers and administration officials on the development of hydrogen energy policy. Our Policy Resolution Group( PRG) offers a deep bench of advocates who have designed and implemented strategies to achieve the government relations and strategic communications objectives of some of the top players in the hydrogen economy.
Hydrogen Infrastructure
The regulatory landscape impacting hydrogen pipeline infrastructure is in a period of transition. Repurposing existing infrastructure for hydrogen raises a number of complicated jurisdictional and regulatory issues that require careful consideration.
Bracewell advises project developers on jurisdictional, regulatory, permitting, and commercial issues related to the development of hydrogen pipelines. Among other things, we advise clients on rate regulation, allocation procedures, terms and conditions or service that may be offered on hydrogen pipelines.
Our lawyers also advise clients on how regulatory changes are unfolding and how they may impact future hydrogen pipeline development.
We have significant experience related to natural gas pipelines that are seeking to repurpose existing infrastructure to transport hydrogen or a natural gas / hydrogen mixed stream.
Hydrogen Utilization
The key to unleashing the hydrogen economy will turn on the widespread adoption and utilization of hydrogen, such as in zero-emission and fleet vehicles as well as revolutionizing existing industrial operations in a variety of traditionally carbon intense industries such as in the bracewell. com