Air Products Plans Calif. Hydrogen Truck Refueling Network
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Industrial gas giant Air Products plans to build a network of commercial-scale, multimodal hydrogen refueling stations stretching from Northern California to Southern California.
The sites will be equipped to serve heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks and buses, as well as light-duty hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
A company representative said in an email that the number of facilities to be built, a specific timeline and expected cost would be made public at a later date. “This network will take a few years to build out,” he said.
Currently, Air Products operates six hydrogen refueling stations in Southern California.
Air Products’ California pipeline network supplied hydrogen to the nation’s first pipeline-fed hydrogen fueling station in Torrance in 2011.
“Each state-of-the-art, high-capacity, high-reliability station will be able to fuel up to 200 heavy-duty trucks or 2,000 cars per day,” said Alison Hawkins, Air Products’ general manager of hydrogen for mobility, Americas. “These stations will be a key driver to help California on its road to a zero-emissions transportation future.”
“Building a robust hydrogen economy infrastructure is critical to the success of the energy transition and meeting our climate change goals,” added Eric Guter, Air Products vice president of hydrogen for mobility.
During a keynote at the California Hydrogen Convention, our VP, Hydrogen for Mobility, Eric Guter discussed the importance of building a robust hydrogen economy infrastructure to meet climate change goals. https://t.co/8jMT0rs82A
Photo credit : California Hydrogen Convention pic.twitter.com/e7AFYnawDY — Air Products (@airproducts) June 5, 2024
Air Products committed to investing $15 billion by 2027 on clean energy megaprojects worldwide.
The plans received support from local lawmakers and the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“Air Products’ investment in a statewide network of multimodal hydrogen refueling stations marks a significant milestone for California and its development as a global hub for clean hydrogen,” said California state Sen. Bob Archuleta, who heads the chamber’s select committee on hydrogen.
Dee Dee Myers, senior adviser to Newsom, added: “Infrastructure is the key to unlocking our nation’s hydrogen future, and we commend Air Products for committing to build a network of stations and supply them with clean hydrogen in California as part of our hydrogen hub ecosystem. These stations are steps on the path to our end goal — eliminating the need for diesel in our transportation sector.”
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A number of other suppliers have promised to build hydrogen refueling networks in California, including Daimler Truck North America-backed Greenlane and FirstElement Fuels, which is working with Class 8 truck makers Nikola and Hyundai.
Air Products has built 250 hydrogen fueling station projects in 20 countries so far and contends it is the largest supplier of the gas globally.
In April, the company announced plans to build a network of hydrogen refueling stations between Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta for trucks. The facilities will be built along the Queen Elizabeth II Highway that runs through Calgary and Edmonton and is intended to provide a fueling experience equal to that for gasoline or diesel, Air Products said at the time.
Air Products’ first permanent hydrogen refueling station in Alberta, at a site in Edmonton, is scheduled to be on line next year. Currently, Air Products has a mobile refueler at the site supplying customers.
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