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Projects supporting California’s hydrogen fuel cell
infrastructure will see a hefty boost thanks to more than $18
million in grant funding, the state’s Energy Commission
announced this week.
The agency’s dollars will go toward installing, or in some
cases upgrading, hydrogen fuel stations in several counties
around Southern California. Ranging in size from $1.5
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million to more than $6.6 million, the five awards come
through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable
Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program.
The initiative and this particular round of awards are
intended to move the state toward reaching a goal set by Gov.
Jerry Brown in an executive order last year to have 1.5
million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025.
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Using hydrogen to create electricity with no gas emissions
spewing from tailpipes, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles fall
squarely into the ZEV category. Both Mercedes-Benz and
Honda have had experimental programs leasing hydrogen-
powered cars in California, and three transit agencies -- AC
Transit, SunLine Transit and BurbankBus -- have a dozen or
so F-cell buses in their fleets.
But, the commission emphasized, the available technology
can only help California meet its ZEV target with adequate
infrastructure in place. An August report issued by the
California Fuel Cell Partnership estimated the state would
need 68 hydrogen fuel stations in five clusters -- Berkeley,
San Francisco’s South Bay area, West Los Angeles, coastal
southern Orange County and Torrance -- by 2015 to serve
these cars. According to the Energy Commission, nine public
stations are in operation around California, with another 12
or so in development.
California is leading the way in zero-emission vehicles, said
Don Anair, research director of the Union of Concerned
Scientists’ Clean Vehicles Program. Auromakers such as
Toyota and Hyundai are investing in the technology to bring
hydrogen to consumer markets by 2015. But that 68-station
goal marks a bare minimum to make hydrogen attractive to
the average driver.
"Unlike electric, where you have the ability to plug in at
home, with hydrogen, you need that public infrastructure," Anair said. "These technologies are not
going to take over the market overnight. There needs to be a steady level of investment."
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