The project, planned for Route 24, would span over 70 acres and bring a handful of new retail outlets to the area; notably Target, Costco, and Whole Foods.

It’s been almost two years since the Biden Administration announced the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub or MACH2 was among a series of “hydrogen hubs” selected to receive substantial federal grants to jump-start the hydrogen fuel industry – and that Delaware would be a part of MACH2.Since then, little visible progress has been made with MACH2. That is until last week when Aternium – a Delaware based company - received $1 million from the federally-funded Delaware Accelerator and Seed Capital Program to develop engineering for producing clean hydrogen.But is that a sign MACH2 is ready to get rolling? Or will changes to federal support for hydrogen fuel under the Trump Administration – including funding cuts to some hydrogen hubs just this week - stymie any progress and threaten the hub’s future,This week, contributor Jon Hurdle takes a closer look at where MACH2 stands.