The City of Lancaster has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Element Resources for what will be one of California’s largest green hydrogen production facilities, according to a news release.
The city will collaborate on developing infrastructure like hydrogen fueling stations, supplying hydrogen locally and working with other partners to expand the broader production chain.
ReSource recently reported that Element was in active discussions to reach FID this year on the Lancaster project.
The hydrogen produced by Element Resources at the Lancaster Clean Energy Center will be used to decarbonize regional transportation and industrial markets” the release states. “The facility will produce about 60 tons a day of low-cost, green hydrogen for use throughout California and the Western [US].”
“The new MOU with Element Resources continues Lancaster’s commitment to becoming the first hydrogen city in the US,” the release states.
Recent developments in the city to advance hydrogen development include transitioning the City Hall building to run solely off of hydrogen power, the development of a $100m anaerobic digestion plant to generate renewable natural gas from organic waste for conversion to clean hydrogen, and the recent Pacific Hydrogen Alliance partnership with Namie, Japan, and the County of Hawaii.
