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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…

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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

The members of the California Fuel Cell Partnership prepared the Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Fuel Cell Vehicle Action Plan for California to accelerate the development and commercialization of medium-and heavy-duty FCEVs in California. Federal air quality targets, AB 32 GHG reduction targets, and State’s transport electrification targets, combined with the goals of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan, make California a…

The 2016 ZEV Action Plan from the State of California is available at https://www.gov.ca.gov/docs/2016_ZEV_Action_Plan.pdf. It outlines progress to date and identifies new actions state agencies will take in continued pursuit of the milestones in the Governor’s Executive Order to place 1.5 million ZEVs in California by 2025. It highlights priorities for ZEVs: Raising consumer awareness and education about ZEVs; Ensuring…

As of August 31, 2016, 21 retail hydrogen stations are open in California, and another six are in the commissioning process. By the end of the year, about 27 retail hydrogen stations for passenger vehicles should be open and about 50 open in 2017. We also expect the Energy Commission to release its Notice of Planned Award (NOPA) in late…