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TUESDAY, APRIL 13 AT 10:00AM PST. Join state transportation leaders as the California Energy Commission (CEC) unveils details of a first-of-its kind project to accelerate the deployment of infrastructure needed to fuel zero-emission trucks, buses and equipment.

Administered by CALSTART, the EnergIIZE Commercial Vehicles (Energy Infrastructure Incentives for Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles) project will use a concierge-like model working directly with eligible applicants to help plan and fund the purchase of charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
The $50 million-dollar multi-year EnergIIZE project will help communities most impacted by transportation-related pollution by meeting essential infrastructure needs of companies and public agencies committed to replacing old, polluting equipment with clean battery-electric and hydrogen options.
Accelerating zero-emission infrastructure fuels California’s clean energy economy, attracting manufacturers and creating jobs while advancing Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order mandating all operations of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles be 100 percent zero-emission by 2045.

WHAT:

Announcement of $50 million effort that will fund infrastructure for zero-emission trucks and buses funded by the CEC’s Clean Transportation Program

WHEN:

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10 a.m. PST

WHO:

• California State Senator Lena Gonzalez
• California Energy Commissioner Patty Monahan
• Alycia Gilde, Senior Director, Clean Fuels and Infrastructure Initiative, CALSTART
VISUALS: Event to include video segments from three sites across California featuring medium- and heavy-duty electric charging and hydrogen refueling infrastructure that may be eligible for funding through the EnergIIZE project.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM:
Please register in advance:
https://energy.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gvYMXvPaSnqXKuZFZGxY3w

THURSDAY, APRIL 15 AT 11:00AM PT. Dear Bay Area Community, The Air District solicits public comments on a draft Bay Area Electric Vehicle (EV) Acceleration Plan and invites you to provide comments in writing or during our webinar on April 15, 2021, 11 AM – 12 PM. Please send your comments to [email protected] on or before April 28, 2021, at 4 PM. 

California has set a goal of 5 million EVs sold by 2030 and conventional vehicles phased out by 2035, and the Air District has set a target of 90 percent of vehicles in the Bay Area being zero emissions by 2050. The Bay Area and California also share the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

In addition to alternative transit modes that include walking, biking, mass transit, and shared transportation, wide-scale adoption of EVs and electrification of all types of transportation are essential to achieving local, state, and federal emission reduction targets for greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants.

To this end, the Air District has released a draft of the Bay Area EV Acceleration Plan, which combines input from EV market stakeholders and experts, surveys of Bay Area residents, and input from the Bay Area EV Coordinating Council. The recommendations highlighted in the plan speak to the importance of addressing historic disenfranchisement in frontline communities as we pursue our aggressive EV adoption and market acceleration goals.

We welcome your comments and suggestions; please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] if you would like to discuss specific concerns or comments.
Download the plan and register for the webinar on the Air District's Electric Vehicle Program web page.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 30 AT 10:00AM PT. REMOTE ONLY. 

AGENDA 

• Antitrust statement 
• Chair welcome and 2021 direction  
• California ZEV Market Strategy report presentation – Tyson Eckerle, GO Biz 
• CaFCP Program Activities ▪ New member proposal ▪ FCET Team and Vision document 
• Priorities Status Reports ▪ New organization status  ▪ H2 Strike Force proposal  ▪ Expansion proposal update and discussion 
• Public Comment  
• Meeting Close

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 AT 3:30PM EST. The 2025-2035 timeframe will bring fundamental changes to the cars and trucks we drive, from the growing market share of electric vehicles to deployment of automated vehicle technologies.

At the request of Congress and the Department of Transportation, the National Academies evaluated how internal combustion engine, hybrid, battery electric, fuel cell, nonpowertrain, and automated vehicle technologies could contribute to vehicle efficiency in 2025-2035, and the impact of these technologies on consumers, manufacturers, and vehicle regulations. The report provides cost and effectiveness estimates for future fuel efficiency technologies and discusses how the current Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards should be updated to reflect new technical, economic, and policy developments.
Learn more about the report’s key findings and recommendations by joining members of the committee for a public briefing webinar on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 from 3:30-4:30pm ET.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 29 AT 2:00PM EDT. MW/GW scale water electrolysis projects are expanding as the world works to decarbonize energy and transportation sector with renewables and hydrogen use. As the scale and quantity of proposed and planned projects increase, so do unique safety challenges related to renewable energy storage, electric grid stabilization, H2 fuel generation and other applications. Don’t let potential safety issues go undetected in projects involving intermittent power source integration, enclosure safe atmospheres, safe turn-down limits and integration with storage and fueling uses.

Join this sponsored webinar and hear hydrogen systems and safety consultant Larry Moulthrop identify and discuss the safety issues electrolysis project developers need to be aware of and how to put into place the proper safeguards and controls to mitigate them. Going forward, your projects will benefit from the practical solutions you learn here, including early specification, safety planning and operational planning. 

Topics include:

• Recommended practices for safe installation into hydrogen equipment enclosures and buildings
• Code informed co-location with other systems, such as hydrogen refueling systems
• Potential issues related to oxygen by-product venting and management
• Turn down thresholds related to H2/O2 mixtures
• Developing standard tests for electric grid and renewable connection compatibility
• Existing water electrolysis safety standard ISO 22734:2019
   

Presenter(s):

Larry Moulthrop
Hydrogen systems and safety consultant Larry Moulthrop has more than 40 years of hydrogen technology experience, most notably as a developer and a manufacturer of H2 generating water electrolysis systems. In this commercial role, Larry accomplished H2 product certification, H2 applications project management, H2 vehicle fueling stations design and management, and corporate H2 safety management.Read more

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TUESDAY, APRIL 13 AT 10:00AM CT. As we move toward economy-wide deep decarbonization, hydrogen (H2) is positioned as a low-carbon resource and energy carrier with great potential.

What can H2 be used for? How can the nation’s existing gas infrastructure be leveraged? How can new renewable energy technologies be introduced? What role does power-to-gas play?

GTI is exploring options and developing new innovations to support the broader use of H2. From our centralized Hydrogen Technology Center to the Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI) with EPRI, we are driving toward a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. Learn more about these efforts and don’t miss the scenery as we travel the Road to Zero!
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TUESDAY, MARCH 30 - THURSDAY APRIL DAILY FROM 8:00AM- 1:00PM PDT.  We’re inviting industry to attend a virtual hydrogen safety training event with multiple days of cumulative content to match your expertise. We will cover the full content of WHA’s Level 2: H2 Practice and Level 3: H2 Design training courses.

Content is optimized for presentation as series of interactive live webinars, including the same instruction, demonstration videos, course materials, and live Q&A you would experience at an in-person event. Your expert instructors for this course include Elliot Forsyth; Harold Beeson, Ph.D.; and Dani Murphy, Ph.D.
 

SCHEDULE
Daily 5-hour sessions will be scheduled from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (11 a.m. -4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time) (GMT-4). This time slot offers convenient scheduling throughout the Americas, but participants from other continents are encouraged to attend as well. Each session will be recorded, so if you can’t make them all, you’ll still have access to the complete training series for a limited time.Tuesday, March 30

•   Level 2: H2 Practice (Prerequisite for Level 3)
Wednesday-Thursday, March 31-April 1
•   Level 3: H2 Design
 

PRICING
To support our industry partners during the global pandemic, we’re offering significant discounts at every level. Contact us for information on additional group discounts for multiple registrants.
Level 2 Only: $425 ($500)
Tuesday, 5 hours of instruction
Level 2-3: $1275 ($1500)
Tuesday-Thursday, 15 hours of instruction

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THURSDAY, MARCH 18 AT 11:00AM PT. Renewable, ultra-low emissions and high efficiency energy conversion systems will be required to introduce energy resource and environmental sustainability. In particular the dynamic dispatch, massive energy storage capacity, and ubiquitous transmission and distribution of energy that the power-to-gas and hydrogen energy storage concepts provide will become essential to enable a 100% renewable economy. In addition, these concepts enable zero greenhouse gas and zero criteria pollutant emissions energy conversion that spans across applications in the built environment, to transportation, to utility grid network support and sustainability. Recent research on the dynamics and control of electrochemical energy conversion systems to enable this future with the hydrogen vector will be discussed.

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