San Ramon Hydrogen Station Open
The California Fuel Cell Partnership is pleased to welcome California’s 29th retail hydrogen station in San Ramon. Built by The Linde Group, this new station is their third retail hydrogen station in California. Linde developed California’s first retail station in West Sacramento and also operates one in San Juan Capistrano. A ribbon-cutting station ceremony will take place in the near…
Lawndale Station Open
Today, the Golden State welcomes its 28th retail hydrogen station in the City of Lawndale. Like most of California’s retail hydrogen stations, the Lawndale station is open 24 hours. California is working toward a milestone of 100 retail hydrogen stations statewide to support the roll-out of fuel cell electric passenger vehicles. CaFCP and its members are also working on stations…
Air Liquide Joins CaFCP Executive Board
At the California Fuel Cell Partnership public meeting in Los Angeles last week, Air Liquide was invited to become a member of CaFCP’s executive board. Air Liquide, a long-time CaFCP member, is the first industrial gas company and hydrogen station developer to join the board. Air Liquide in the U.S. relies on more than 20,000 employees in over 1,300 locations…
California Proposes 16 Additional Hydrogen Stations
The Energy Commission released a Notice of Proposed Awards for 16 additional hydrogen stations to continue expanding the hydrogen station network in California. Added to the retail hydrogen stations already open and under construction, California will have more than 60 stations statewide by 2020 (or sooner.) The Energy Commission provides co-funding for hydrogen stations as part of the Alternative and…
We have fuel cell buses, too, in California
[html format="ckeditor" different_values="0"] California has ambitious goals for growing the number of fuel cell vehicles, and most eyes are focused on the passenger car market right now. But we shouldn’t forget that fuel cell buses have a major and strategic role to play in cleaning our air and reducing greenhouse gases. In California today, three transit agencies and one university…
CEC and ARB Release Joint Staff Report
[html format="ckeditor" different_values="0"] The California Energy Commission and California Air Resources Board released the annual Joint Agency Staff Report on Assembly Bill 8: 2016 Assessment of Time and Cost Needed to Attain 100 Hydrogen Refueling Stations in California. Highlights from the report are: The growth in FCEV deployment reveals a striking increase in the amount of hydrogen being dispensed statewide…
December 15 Hydrogen Stations Update Webinar Questions and Answers
[html format="ckeditor" different_values="0"] You can find the video recording from the webinar here and presentation PDF here. Please note that similar questions have been combined and summarized. Station Locations Are stations planned for Bakersfield and along Highway 99, Davis, downtown LA, San Francisco, Temecula, the California/Nevada border, the 210 corridor in the San Gabriel Valley, the Sacramento area, and other…
ZEV Investment Public Workshop
[html format="ckeditor" different_values="0"] On December 2, the California Air Resources Board held a public input workshop to discuss The Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Commitment. Bill Elrick attended the meeting and presented a statement that the highest priority for hydrogen and FCEVs is to increase the number of stations in the state at a faster pace. In addition to CaFCP’s comments…