The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations awarded the California Hydrogen Hub with $30m for the first tranche of funding out of the total project federal cost share of up to $1.2bn to begin Phase 1 of the project plan.
OCED is working with ARCHES to build the California Hydrogen Hub, a network of clean hydrogen production sites that incorporate multiple facilities at California ports, with the ultimate goal of decarbonizing public transportation, heavy duty trucking, and port operations by 2 million metric tons per year—roughly the equivalent to annual emissions of 445,000 gasoline-powered cars.
The expansion of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in heavy-duty transportation aims to not only drive improvements in air quality along high pollution interstate transportation corridors but also to facilitate greater connectivity and expansion of a clean West Coast freight network that links to the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub, according to a news release.
During Phase 1, which is expected to last up to 18 months, ARCHES will conduct planning, analysis, and design activities in addition to ongoing stakeholder and community engagement.
