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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 AT 11:00AM PACIFIC. We are so obsessed with cars—our personal vehicles (especially electric vehicles), as well as Uber or Lyft—that we forget there are many other ways to get around, including our bus and rail system. We really don’t have to drive in an SOV (single occupancy vehicle)—and we know we shouldn’t—especially when it comes to intercity or long-distance travel.

And that's the subject of two upcoming Zoom calls on the topic of reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT)—a goal among the many advocates and elected officials who are deeply concerned about the impact on climate change (50% of GHG emissions in California come from the transportation sector and refineries) and air quality. Please mark your calendars and join us on Oct. 8 and 14 for:
“What About Reducing VMT with Fewer SOVs?” on Friday, Oct. 8, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., when we will discuss opportunities for both medium- and long-distance travel and how it can reduce VMT and help reduce GHG emissions and improve air quality. REGISTER HERE. With:
• Darwin Moosavi, Deputy Secretary for Environmental Policy and Housing Coordination at the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), where he is a key advisor on issues related to reducing GHGs and VMT.
• Ben Porrit, Senior VP at Brightline, a provider of modern, eco-friendly high-speed rail, working in partnership with Siemens to build trainsets in California that are an example of green manufacturing and good-paying jobs.
• Pierre Gourdain, CEO of FlixBus and in charge of making it the #1 ground-based long-distance mobility provider in the U.S., which has transported more than a million passengers since its launch on the West Coast in 2018.
• LaDonna DiCamillo, appointed as Southern California Director of the High-Speed Rail Authority last year, and tasked with bringing High Speed Rail to our region.
AND THEN . . .
"Emerging Technology in Passenger Transit: Planes, Trains, Buses and Ships" on Thursday, Oct. 14, 12 noon-2 p.m., when we will be discussing planes, trains, ships and other options. REGISTER HERE. With: 
• Ray Wolfe, Executive Director of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, manages transportation investments throughout the county, leveraging dedicated local sales tax, and leading councils of government efforts countywide.
• Peter Chen, Mechanical Engineer at the California Energy Commission, is charged with planning initiatives and managing research, development, and demonstration projects to advance alternative fuel vehicle technologies.
• Bob Schlatter, Senior Executive at World Energy, is working to decarbonize air travel with sustainable aviation fuel and support businesses in their journey to more sustainable transit.
• Jesse Marquez (invited) founded the Coalition for a Safe Environment to monitor goods movement issues at the ports of LA and Long Beach and the public health impacts on communities nearby—with a goal of mitigating, reducing or eliminating public exposure to pollution generated by the ports.
• Lawrence McCormack is Director of State Government Relations for Cummins, which builds engines for long-haul trucks, buses, light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty equipment—and is reknown for reliability, fuel efficiency, and low emissions.
• Dave Cook is Chief Technology Officer at Rail Propulsion Systems, a California-based company dedicated to modernizing transportation and eliminating congestion in our cities and transportation corridors.
• Madeline Rose is Climate Campaign Director at Pacific Environment, which works to stop ships from using 20th century fuels in the 21st century—especially heavy fuel oil—because if the international shipping industry was its own country it would be the world’s 6th largest climate polluter.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 2:00PM EASTERN. The hydrogen economy is on fire. Each day brings announcements of new hydrogen projects, ranging from small to gargantuan. And more than $150 billion is in the investment pipeline, according to the Hydrogen Council.  But moving across the carbon spectrum from gray to green is no easy feat. Join this webinar to learn how to use process simulation to simulate each step in the hydrogen transition to Net Zero processes and ensure a profitable move to a sustainable future.

If you’re an energy or chemical company feeling the pull of market demand and the hard shove of impending regulation, this webinar is for you. In one hour, you’ll examine how current hydrogen production is carbon intensive while future demand must be low carbon or no carbon to meet Net Zero goals. During this webinar, you’ll cover the full hydrogen spectrum, and learn the differences between gray, green and everything in between. You’ll see how to use process simulation to design and optimize gray, blue and green hydrogen processes as your energy transition progresses. You’ll investigate such issues as steam methane reformers, electrolyzers, CCUS simulation and more. And you’ll leave with a new understanding of how a single simulation environment can help you design and optimize alternative process designs throughout your transition to Net Zero processes.

You’ll learn:

 Why all hydrogen is not created equal
 What is the Hydrogen Transition and how it is driving the industry
 How to simulate gray, green and blue hydrogen
 Storing and transporting hydrogen—a simulation 
 How process simulation can help you move from gray to green

Presenter(s):

Ryan Muir; Ryan Muir is a Models and Applications Engineer at AVEVA. He is responsible for the development and testing of computational equipment models to simulate both steady-state and dynamic chemical processes.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 AT 10:00AM PACIFIC. SoCalGas® invites you to a webinar featuring Sandia National Laboratories, that will cover nanoscale metal hydride composites for efficient storage of hydrogen on board heavy-duty vehicles. These materials have the potential to store and deliver hydrogen at the right pressure and energy-density required to meet Department of Energy (DOE) targets. Hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles could help decarbonize the transportation sector and reduce emissions in high-traffic corridors such as the South Coast Air Basin.

Speakers:

Mark Allendorf: Dr. Mark D. Allendorf is Co-Director of the DOE Hydrogen Materials – Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC) and a Senior Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. Dr. Allendorf is past President and Fellow of The Electrochemical Society and has received Sandia awards for research, leadership, and teamwork, as well as a 2014 R&D100 Award.

Vitalie Stavila: Dr. Vitalie Stavila is a Task Lead in the DOE (HyMARC). A central theme in Dr. Stavila’s research is the rational design of new materials by changing the chemical composition, the arrangement of the atoms or molecules in crystalline or amorphous configurations, and the size, shape, and orientation of nanoparticles, crystals or other nano- or macroscopic units.

Moderator:

Michael Lee, Technology Development Project Manager, SoCalGas Research, Development and Demonstration

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AT 12:00PM EASTERN. Join this month's DOE H2IQ Hour Webinar, to hear about analysis completed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to assess the total cost of ownership (TCO) of medium- and heavy-duty (MDHD) vehicles using both conventional and emerging clean transportation technologies.

MDHD vehicles currently account for 24% of greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector and present unique challenges to decarbonization. For one, these vehicles must withstand significantly more annual use than a personal car. On average, commercial Class 8 tractors can expect to travel over 100,000 miles each year. In addition, commercial vehicles are extremely heavy, ranging from 14,000-pound Class 4 delivery vehicles to Class 8 tractors hauling up to 80,000 pounds. Given the wide range of performance requirements across MDHD vehicles of different classes and vocations, decarbonization of this sector is expected to require a portfolio of clean technologies.
In this webinar, Chad Hunter will provide an overview of NREL's recent analysis describing the TCO of Class 4 and 8 trucks powered by diesel, compressed natural gas, batteries, hybrid battery and diesel systems, and hydrogen and fuel cells, given current technology as well as potential advancements by 2025 and 2050. This analysis was completed with extensive stakeholder engagement, and is the first to account for indirect costs of powertrains that can inform market segmentation, such as the cost of lost cargo capacity due to a heavier powertrain or the cost of dwell time spent refueling or recharging. The analysis was co-led by the DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office and Vehicle Technologies Office, both within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

The H2IQ Hour will include a 45-minute live presentation, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. A recording of the H2IQ Hour will be available on the website after the event.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 AT 11:00AM EASTERN. Long duration energy storage systems – defined as technologies that can store energy for more than 10 hours at a time – are a critical component of a low-cost, reliable, carbon-free electric grid. In alignment with DOE’s Energy Earthshot Initiative, the recently announced Long Duration Storage Shot sets a bold target to reduce the cost of grid-scale energy storage by 90% within the decade.

Join thousands of stakeholders for the Long Duration Storage Shot Summit on Thursday, September 23, 2021 to learn more about how we can work together to achieve this goal and create affordable grid storage for clean power – anytime, anywhere.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 2:00PM EASTERN. Want to attend the finance and markets sessions? Join us for the Finance and Markets Pre-Summit taKing place on tomorrow!

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 1:00PM EASTERN. A first-look at the Energy Futures Initiative’s (EFI) latest report, “The Future of Clean Hydrogen in the United States: Views From Industry, Market Innovators, and Investors,” the first installment of an EFI report series entitled “From Kilograms to Gigatons: Pathways for Hydrogen Market Formation in the United States.” The event will begin with remarks from 13th U.S. Secretary of Energy and EFI founder Ernest Moniz, followed by a look into the major findings of our new report from the EFI team. The event continues with a roundtable discussion with key New York stakeholders led by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The roundtable will discuss ongoing hydrogen activity, the opportunities and challenges ahead, and the next steps required to drive the industry forward to become a pillar of the low-carbon economy.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 8:30AM PACIFIC TIME. Join CaFCP members and Bill Elrick as they present on the national fuel cell and hydrogen overview, roadmap, mobility and the road ahead. https://www.h2-viewevents.com/conference/h2-view-virtual-north-american-hydrogen-summit/ North America has appeared conflicted in its green energy credentials in recent years. On the one hand, it is in prime position to lead efforts in decarbonisation; on the other, it is still actively reaping the economic reward of existing fossil fuel resources.

The landscape is rapidly shifting and the transition to renewable energies, and a world fuelled by green hydrogen in particular, is closer than we think. Yet for the US and wider North America, there is arguably still great distances to travel. The region has been giving chase in a race to green hydrogen dominated by Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The time is now for hydrogen in North America.

The region is perfectly placed to expand its global energy leadership at scale and speed, if policymakers and industry can work together and take the right steps to realise this vision.

What lessons can be learned from Europe’s policymakers? Where are the challenges to be overcome? Where are the strengths and opportunities? How can North America go from giving chase to taking a lead in hydrogen?

Join H2 View as we address these questions and the current state-of-play in North America’s hydrogen sector, across our four pillars of Mobility, Power, Policy and Technology, this October.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 AT 9:00AM (PACIFIC). The 2022 Scoping Plan Update will assess progress towards achieving the Senate Bill 32 2030 target and lay out a path to achieve carbon neutrality no later than 2045. CARB will initiate development of modeled scenarios to illustrate outcomes that lead to carbon neutrality. Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) are powerful climate forcers that have relatively short atmospheric lifetimes. These pollutants include the greenhouse gas (GHG) methane, hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), and anthropogenic black carbon. Because SLCP impacts are especially strong over the short term, acting now to reduce their emissions can have an immediate beneficial impact on climate change and public health. This workshop provides an opportunity for stakeholders to provide input on key questions related to future policies and technologies to reduce SLCPs along a pathway to carbon neutrality. The workshop will discuss methane emissions from oil and gas sources, landfills and organic waste, and dairy and livestock operations; HFC refrigerants; and anthropogenic black carbon.  This workshop will inform the 2022 Scoping Plan Update. Stakeholder input and feedback are encouraged.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 10:00AM (EASTERN). The 2021 DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program Annual Peer Review assembles researchers from across the DOE landscape to summarize the state of the art in energy storage research, development, and application. Technical topics will include Innovative Deployment Projects, Power Electronics, Grid Integration and Interoperability, Equity and Resilience, Policy, Safety and Reliability, Analytics, and Battery Chemistries and Technologies.

Daily keynotes and roundtables will address leading topics in energy storage.

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