H2@Scale Program Multi-Party Cooperative Research and Development Agreement: California Hydrogen Infrastructure Research Consortium Task (Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-18-00754)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), Sacramento, CA (United States)
- South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), Diamond Bar, CA (United States)
- California Energy Commission (CEC), Sacramento, CA (United States)
- California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA (United States)
Many stakeholders are working on hydrogen and fuel cell products, markets, requirements, mandates, and policies. California has been leading the way for hydrogen infrastructure and fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) deployment. This leadership has advanced a hydrogen network that is not duplicated anywhere in the United States and is unique in the world for its focus on providing a retail fueling experience. In addition, the advancements have identified many lessons learned for hydrogen infrastructure development, deployment, and operation. Other interested states and countries are using California's experience as a model case, making success in California paramount to enabling market acceleration and uptake in the United States. The technical research capability of the national laboratories can be used to assist California in decisions and evaluations, as well as to verify solutions to problems impacting the industry. Because these challenges cannot be addressed by one agency or one laboratory, a hydrogen research consortium has been organized to combine and collaborate. The collaboration aims to ensure that data are available to evaluate projects and inform decision makers, independently verify and validate component solutions, provide experimental results for future hydrogen infrastructure, increase the availability of technical experts for quick-need issues for California hydrogen infrastructure development, deployment, operation, and technology advances. The proposed tasks include data collection from operational stations, component failure fix verification (i.e. nozzle freeze lock), new fueling methods for medium and heavy duty applications, and ensuring hydrogen quality is maintained. U.S. leadership for hydrogen technologies is rooted in California, a location for implementing many H2@Scale pathways such as reducing curtailment and stranded resources, reducing petroleum use and emissions, and developing and creating jobs.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), Sacramento, CA (United States); South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), Diamond Bar, CA (United States); California Energy Commission (CEC), Sacramento, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1868048
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-5700-82672; CRD-18-00754; MainId:83445; UUID:733f381f-594c-45a4-80bc-2de7415214fd; MainAdminID:64346
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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