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California Hydrogen Highway

The California Hydrogen Highway is a series of hydrogen refueling stations in California. These stations are used to refuel hydrogen vehicles. As of August 2020, there were 42 publicly accessible hydrogen refueling stations in California.[1]

History

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The California Hydrogen Highway Network (CaH2Net) was initiated in April 2004 by Executive Order (EO) S-07-04 under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with the purpose of promoting hydrogen refueling stations in California.[2]

In September 2006, California Senate Bill 1505 required 33% of hydrogen to come from renewable energy sources,[3][4] and other initiatives followed.[5] As of 2007, 25 stations were in operation.[6] Some of these hydrogen fueling stations completed the terms of their government-funded research demonstration project and were decommissioned.[7] In 2012, there were 23 hydrogen fueling stations in California,[8] eight of which were publicly accessible.[9][10]

In 2013 Governor Brown signed AB 8, a bill to fund $20 million a year for up to 100 stations.[11][12] As of March 2024, there were 51 publicly accessible hydrogen fueling stations in California (one station in Hawaii was the only other publicly accessible hydrogen station in the US).[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Alternative Fueling Station Counts by State, Alternative Fuels Data Center, accessed August 31, 2020
  2. ^ "California Hydrogen Initiatives". CARB. July 15, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "SB 1505: Environmental Performance Standards for Hydrogen Fuel". Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ^ "SENATE BILL NO.1505" (PDF). leginfo.ca.gov. 2006-09-30. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  5. ^ "California Hydrogen Activities". CARB. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "California Fuel Cell Partnership".
  7. ^ "Hydrogen Fueling Stations".
  8. ^ Ingram, Antony. "RIP Hydrogen Highway? California Takes Back Grant Dollars", Green Car Reports, June 5, 2012
  9. ^ "Stations", California Fuel Cell Partnership, 2012, accessed March 14, 2013
  10. ^ Jones, Nicola. "Whatever happened to the hydrogen highway?", Pique, February 9, 2012, accessed March 17, 2016
  11. ^ Bill AB 8, Signed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on September 30, 2013
  12. ^ Xiong, Ben. "Governor Brown Signs AB 8" Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, California Fuel Cell Partnership, September 30, 2013
  13. ^ Alternative Fueling Station Counts by State, Alternative Fuels Data Center, accessed March 4, 2024
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