On January 7, the CEC hosted its pre-application workshop for the non-lithium ion energy storage technologies grant opportunity. The workshop covered two groups of funding covered under the GFO: Group 1 – Develop and validate non-Lithium energy storage technologies for customer side of the meter applications. ($9M) Group 2 – Develop and validate green electrolytic

On August 14, 2019, Sunline Transit and CALSTART hosted “Zoom to Zero: A Zero Emission Infrastructure Planning Workshop for Transit Agencies” to address infrastructure development required to meet the Innovative Clean Transit ruling (ICT). The ICT ruling requires transit agencies to create a zero emission bus (ZEB) rollout plan to transition to a 100% zero

August 1, 2019 – SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The transportation sector accounts for 41 percent of California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions[1] and the most promising technology to eliminate these emissions is hydrogen fuel cells, according the California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC) 2019 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell for Freight Workshop Report. Industry experts identified fuel cell electric

On Wednesday, July 17, the California Air Resources Board held a work group meeting to discuss changes to the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Program (HVIP) and pilot projects and concepts for the Heavy-Duty portion of the Clean Transportation Incentives budget for fiscal year 2019-2020. The purpose of the meeting was to solicit

On Tuesday and Wednesday, July 9-10th the ICCT Technical Workshop on Zero Emission Vessel Technology was held at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, CA. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss technology pathways and barriers to zero-emission international shipping to help identify related research, development, and demonstration needs. The International Council

Diane Moss Appointed as CHBC Policy Director The CHBC Executive Committee on behalf of the board of directors has approved the appointment of Diane Moss as the CHBC’s first Policy Director. Diane has served the CHBC as a Senior Advisor for several years and will now serve an expanded role advancing the CHBC’s policy agenda.  Diane will help

Susan Fernandez Appointed to the CHBC Board of Directors CHBC is pleased announce the appointment of Susan Fernandez to the CHBC board of directors representing Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas (MHPS), the CHBC’s newest Platinum member. Susan is the Senior Director of Communications & Government Relations at MHPS and serves on the executive team of the

CertifHy Guarantees of Origin for Hydrogen Last month a CertifHy conference was held in Brussels, Belgium as the framework for the world’s first guarantees of origin scheme for hydrogen. The objectives of the CertifHy project are to assess the necessary market and regulatory conditions, develop the complete design and initiate a unique European framework for

For Immediate Release: March 12, 2019 – YORBA LINDA, Calif. – Transitioning from combustion to zero emission technology will not only accomplish emission reductions, it will also improve the air quality for communities in close proximity to ports by lowering local criteria pollutants, according to the California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC) 2018 Hydrogen and Fuel

Transitioning the gas supply to renewable and zero carbon sources is necessary, and to succeed, hydrogen is needed. For Immediate Release March 11, 2019 – YORBA LINDA, Calif. – The California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC) applauds Southern California Gas Company’s commitment to achieve 20% renewable content in its gas supply by 2030 and for aiming

The 2019 Zero-Emission Bus Technology Symposium and Showcase, hosted by the California Air Resources Board on February 6-7, 2019, provided transit agencies (TAs) with information about the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Regulation that passed late last year. As part of the ICT, large transit agencies are required to develop plans by July 2020 on how

CHBC’s Development Specialist, Cory Shumaker, attended the following work group meetings and events in January 2019. CEC Holds Work Group on GFO 18-605 Zero-Emission Vehicle and Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Manufacturing Solicitation On January 9th, 2019 the CEC held a work group meeting on the Zero-Emission Vehicle and Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Manufacturing solicitation released on December