Heliogen plans to set up a commercial scale fuel cell electric vehicle grade (based on SAE-J2719) liquid hydrogen production facility in Brenda, Arizona.

Brenda is a federal Solar Energy Zone in La Paz County, Arizona.

Heliogen has secured a 30-year lease from the Bureau of Land Management for the 3,348-acre site, which is located near the I-10 Corridor, providing access to hydrogen demand in southern California and the southwest region.

The Brenda site has DNI >2670 kWh/m2/year in solar potential and has access to sufficient water resources to support the facility’s operations.

The site’s proximity to the Port of Los Angeles (280 miles away) offers the potential to supply hydrogen for heavy port operations equipment and heavy transportation between the port and other points across the region.

Heliogen’s Brenda Green Hydrogen Project is anticipated to produce approximately 20,000 metric tons per year, with opportunity to optimize, of FCEV-grade green liquid hydrogen.