Economic Impacts Associated with Commercializing Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in California: An Analysis of the California Road Map Using the JOBS H2 Model
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- RCF Economic and Financial Consulting, Inc., Chicago, IL (United States)
Successful implementation of the California Road Map (the Road Map) for the introduction of hydrogen fueling stations to support a fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) will produce positive economic impacts. Those impacts include jobs created or retained to develop and operate hydrogen fueling stations, earnings by businesses and workers so employed, and economic output generated by the activities required to develop and operate the stations. This report summarizes an analysis of those impacts as conducted by Argonne National Laboratory and RCF Economic and Financial Consultants for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO). The analysis assumes that the cost and technical performance of stations that received awards under the 2014 solicitation of the California Energy Commission are representative of all stations to be deployed under the Road Map (subject to scale effects) and that information supplied by applicants representing the majority of those stations is representative of all. The analysis further assumes that all stations will be of a design similar to those developed in the initial years of the rollout, with additional equipment added as modules to achieve the targeted station capacity specified in the Road Map.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1177466
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/ESD-15/1; 113605
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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