Executive Summary
The use of hydrogen and fuel-cell technology in California’s transportation sector will be crucial to achieve the zero-emission transportation goals of the State of California, along with federal goals to reduce transportation emissions.1 The following summary outlines top findings by the ARCHES Transportation Working Group, identifying the opportunities and challenges related to achieving a mature hydrogen transportation market in California with a primary focus on the medium- and heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) market.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - Tuesday, November 19, 2024
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 FROM 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT. Hydrogen can significantly enhance energy resilience and reliability by storing excess renewable energy from renewable sources like wind and solar. Stored hydrogen can then be reutilized for a variety of applications, from transportation to industrial use or blended with natural gas using existing pipeline networks, transforming how we store and manage energy. To unlock this potential, large-scale, low-cost storage solutions are needed.
In this Tech Talk, we will explore advancements and innovations in subsurface storage technologies for hydrogen, a key enabler in decarbonizing energy systems. Geological formations such as depleted reservoirs, aquifers, and salt caverns present scalable and cost-effective options for storing hydrogen at large volumes.
Join GTI Energy experts Shadi Salahshoor, Ph.D. and Zane McDonald to learn how we are evaluating the physics, chemistry, and mechanics of underground hydrogen storage, paving the way for efficient, long-term energy storage solutions and expediting deployment through our SUSTAIN H2 collaborative.
Friday, November 1, 2024 - Friday, November 1, 2024
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 1:00 PM PST. Don't miss Nikola's guide to the new HVIP funding for 2025. Whether you're a large fleet or a small operator, This is a unique opportunity to gain crucial insights and strategies that will impact your fleet’s financial and environmental performance.
Why Attend the HVIP Incentive Webinar?
- Critical Updates for Large Fleets
- Understand the HVIP funding changes that will impact eligibly ineligible for large fleets by 2025.
- Explore alternative funding options to stay ahead.
- Opportunities for Small Fleets
- Discover how small fleet operators can benefit from HVIP funding, with some changes, starting in 2025
- Insight into Emerging Incentives
- Gain insights into new programs under development, including a $500 million initiative in Southern California.
- Upcoming CARB Public Meeting
- Fleets of all sizes will learn of additional proposed changes to HVIP and how they can participate.
Monday, November 4, 2024 - Monday, November 4, 2024
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 AT 1:00PM PDT. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to participate invites you to participate in the fifth session of the Truck Regulation Implementation Group (TRIG) meeting to discuss infrastructure. This meeting will be held via Zoom. Interested parties must register to participate.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - Tuesday, November 19, 2024
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. This presentation will provide an overview of renewable energy tax credits, as extended, modified or introduced by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and subsequent regulations related to those credits. The relevant guidance has seen numerous updates since the IRA’s passage in 2022. Panelists will provide insight into the regulations and other IRS guidance issued to date, such as the prevailing wage/apprenticeship requirements and the domestic content and other bonus credit rules. The panel also will focus on the new rules for transferring credits or obtaining direct payments, as well as associated deal structures, terms and risks. Current issues related to the various tax credits made available by the IRA will be addressed, as will uncertainties and areas of pending guidance.
Key topics to be discussed:
- Understanding renewable energy credits under the tax code, IRA and related regulations
- Specific requirements to be eligible for energy credits
- Transferability of energy credits under the IRA
For more information and to register, please visit the myLawCLE event page.
University of California ITS - Developing a Hydrogen Vehicle Market in California Will Require Significant Upfront Investment, but Should be Self-Sustaining Thereafter
To support ARCHES and California’s commitment to hydrogen, the UC Davis Hydrogen Program2 evaluated the requirements and costs of building a network of hydrogen stations (including delivering hydrogen to those stations), and the costs of purchasing these vehicles, including light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles. This work builds upon our prior studies3 that developed two FCEV adoption scenarios through 2045: i) an ambitious but incremental Base Case scenario closely aligned with FCEV sales targets adopted by ARCHES, and ii) an even more ambitious High Case scenario that assumes robust light- duty and medium/heavy-duty vehicle markets by 2030, along with more rapid growth in refueling and hydrogen production capacities throughout the state. We used the two scenarios to estimate the level of investment and other costs for building out a hydrogen system to support road transportation (i.e., trucks, cars, buses), and examine how these investments and per-unit hydrogen costs play out over time (with 2030 and 2045 being key years) and across different types of hydrogen system components (e.g., hydrogen delivery systems and stations). We also looked at workforce and jobs impacts from the transition to hydrogen and FCEVs within the state.
Location
Thursday, October 17, 2024 - Thursday, October 17, 2024
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH AT 2:00 PM PT. California’s commitment to hydrogen as a clean transportation fuel is ramping up with a landmark $12.6 billion agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES) consortium to build a renewable Hydrogen Hub in the state. Are we at a tipping point for hydrogen in California’s zero-emission transportation future?
Join ARCHES and the UC Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) to explore what a hydrogen transition in transportation could mean for California, including what it might cost, workforce implications, and the feasibility of delivering “green” low-carbon hydrogen. Speakers will share new research on the scale and pace of investment needed to deliver hydrogen distribution systems and refueling stations to meet growing demand, the availability and cost of hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles over the next decade and beyond, the latest carbon intensity estimates for hydrogen production, and the workforce implications of building out a hydrogen system in California. Industry experts will offer perspective on research implications to California’s growing hydrogen economy, policy, and future research directions.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - Wednesday, November 20, 2024
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20.
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While the U.S. has focused incentives on the production side of the hydrogen economy, the success of innumerable clean hydrogen projects will depend on exporting H2 and its derivatives such as ammonia and e-methane to Asian and European markets.
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Thursday, October 24, 2024 - Thursday, October 24, 2024
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 11:00 AM PDT. This upcoming webinar is designed specifically for offtakers, project developers, financiers, policymakers, and anyone keen on understanding the future of the hydrogen industry through demand creation and offtake collaboration strategies.
Description-
- What price points make green hydrogen a viable option for large-scale buyers?
- How can project developers and financiers ensure profitability in early-stage green hydrogen markets?
- Exploring strategies to mitigate risks for companies considering green hydrogen purchases.
- How government policies and incentives will drive the growth of the green hydrogen buyside market.
- What innovations are needed to make green hydrogen accessible and practical for all sectors?
UC Davis - Fuel-Cell Vehicle and Hydrogen Transitions in California: Scenarios, Cost Analysis, and Workforce Implications
To achieve California’s ambitious climate goals, a shift to hydrogen fuel for some transportation sectors may be essential. In this report, we explore the build-out of a hydrogen fuel distribution system including uptake of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles. Our analysis of Base and High Case scenarios includes costs of building and operating a hydrogen vehicle and fuel system and estimates workforce impacts. We consider scenarios with about 125,000 vehicles by 2030 in the Base Case and 250,000 in the high case. This increases by an order of magnitude to 2045. Vehicle and station investment costs associated with the Base Case reach anywhere from $4 to 12 billion USD by 2030 and increase by a factor of eight by 2045. Costs per kg of hydrogen, including fuel transmission to stations and station costs delivered to vehicles, could be in the range of $4 to 8 per kg. This becomes $6 to 10/kg as a final delivered cost, if production of hydrogen were to cost $2/kg. Workforce impacts in the Base Case include 600 to 2,200 jobs created by 2030, rising rapidly thereafter. This report was prepared by the ITS-UC Davis Energy Futures Hydrogen Program in partnership with the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.