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FirstElement Fuel’s California hydrogen network receives $24M from Mitsui and Air Liquide; quadrupling its retail capacity

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FirstElement Fuel has secured $24 million to help fund the growth of its True Zero Hydrogen Network of retail stations in California, and thereby quadruple the company’s capacity to dispense retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles. FirstElement Fuel’s retail hydrogen network is the largest in the world today.

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Air Liquide to build $150M liquid hydrogen plant in US; long-term agreement with, investment in FirstElement Fuel

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Air Liquide expects to invest more than US$150 million to build a liquid hydrogen plant in the western United States, with construction to begin in early 2019. The plant will have a capacity of nearly 30 tons of hydrogen per day—an amount that can fuel 35,000 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs).

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True Zero fuels 1M hydrogen fuel cell vehicle miles in California

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Retail hydrogen-station operator True Zero reported that it has powered more than 1,000,000 zero-emission miles by fuel-cell vehicles. The achievement of a million miles comes as a result of automakers, including Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz expanding their fuel-cell-vehicle programs.

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True Zero’s California hydrogen network hits 2M miles fueled mark; second 1M miles in 60 days

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True Zero , which operates the world’s largest network of hydrogen charging stations, has powered two-million miles of zero-emission driving on California roads 60 days after reaching its first million miles. Earlier post.). Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai have also announced plans to begin retailing a fuel cell car in the near future.

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CaFCP HyPPO report describes next steps and actions in developing hydrogen fuel cell vehicle infrastructure for California

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Hydrogen station network – current & estimated progress. The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) recently published Hydrogen Progress, Priorities and Opportunities (HyPPO), a report that describes the status of prior Hydrogen Road Map goals and important next steps and actions. Source: HyPPO. Click to enlarge. Background.

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Automakers develop consensus list of priority locations for next 19 H2 fueling stations in California

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The automaker OEM Advisory Group (OEM AG) of the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) has developed a consensus list of recommended station priority locations for the next 19 hydrogen stations to be built in California. The OEM AG members are American Honda, General Motors, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen.

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Fuel Cell Equinox tops 100,000 miles in real-world driving

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One of General Motors’ fuel cell research vehicles recently passed a milestone for a hydrogen-powered vehicle, topping 100,000 miles (161,000 km) of real-world driving. By using renewable hydrogen, this vehicle has saved 5,260 gallons of gasoline. per gallon, that’s more than $18,000 in fuel cost savings. Earlier post.)

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