Kaizen Clean Energy (KCE) has been awarded a contract from the Golden Empire Transit District (Bakersfield, CA) for an off-grid hydrogen fueling station and hydrogen-based microgrid to support GETBus’s expanding Zero-Emission fleet, according to a news release.
Under the contract, KCE will provide a KCE-150 microgrid capable of producing up to 150kW of power and an hydrogen fueling station delivering up to 460kg of H2/day. The power produced from the KCE-150 will power the hydrogen fueling station and/or provide EV DC fast charging.
KCE’s onsite hydrogen production allows GETBus to control their hydrogen fuel supply, reduce harmful emissions, and provide electrical grid resilient service to their customer base, the release states. The KCE technology has been proven and deployed in extreme weather and remote locations to support the replacement of diesel generators and EV charging.
ReSource reported earlier this year that the company was planning a capital raise to support project deployments.
“Kaizen’s hydrogen fueling stations are the most cost-effective systems to fuel hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fleets, providing customers with delivered hydrogen costs significantly less than compressed or liquid hydrogen technologies,” said Eric Smith, chief commercial officer, at Kaizen Clean Energy.
KCE’s hydrogen reformers utilize methanol as a hydrogen carrier. Hydrogen is transported to customers’ sites in the form of methanol. The methanol is stored on-site and reformed into hydrogen on demand. Methanol is a liquid at ambient conditions making it more cost-effective and safer to transport and store than hydrogen itself or other hydrogen carriers such as ammonia.
