The demand for robust, reliable, and flexible energy sources will continue to increase in the United States. In order to satisfy consumer, industry, and technology demands for global competitiveness, the domestic energy grid must bring on many new reliable energy sources. This planning project will invoke fundamental and applied expertise in energy science and engineering to develop a research project that will lead to the implementation of hydrogen as a reliable but sustainable energy carrier that otherwise might be lost due to difficulties in capturing and storing waste energy from traditional sectors like hydrocarbons and wind. By working with potential and existing academic, industry, and state partners in the planning stages, new technologies can be identified that can be integrated into the existing energy landscape. This work will lead to the development of a long-term project that has the potential to create new energy output while simultaneously creating new workforce opportunities. It is anticipated that hydrogen can sustainably mitigate the loss of produced energy both from hydrocarbon and renewable sectors in Oklahoma. The project aims to facilitate new energy and workforce sources statewide. The project will be led by the Oklahoma State University in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma and Southwestern Oklahoma State University. In Oklahoma, existing energy production results in lost or wasted energy through combustion of waste methane from oil and