On June 18, the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) brought industry and government leaders together to identify the challenges, opportunities, policies, and mechanisms to accelerate global-scale deployments of hydrogen across the economy. The two-part digital event was dubbed the IPHE Global Hydrogen Forum 2020 and kicked off with a

On June 16, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a teleconference workgroup meeting on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 Long-Term Heavy-Duty Investment Strategy. The Strategy, built upon previous years’ work, is required under SB 1403, the California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program (Lara, Chapter 370, Statutes of 2018), and

On June 15, the CHBC submitted comments to the CPUC regarding the OIR to Continue Electric Integrated Resource Planning & Related Procurement. The CHBC’s main points were: Including green electrolytic hydrogen in IRP modeling is in line with state law. Green electrolytic hydrogen is the most scalable, geographically flexible long duration storage option and more

On June 12, the CHBC and 32 member signatories sent a letter to Secretary Jared Bumenfeld encouraging the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) to consider hydrogen and fuel cell development as a pillar of its strategy to address the economic devastation caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. A similar letter with 33 member signatories, was

On June 12, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC on the May 29 Distributed Energy Resources Research Roadmap Workshop. The comments clarified the record on the commercial availability of zero emissions hydrogen fuel cells and urged the CEC to add hydrogen fuel cells to the technologies considered for research on microgrids and backup generation,

On June 12, the CHBC sent a letter of support to Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications Chair, Senator Ben Hueso, for AB 3163, which would expand the definition of biogas to include the non-combustion thermal conversion of eligible biomass. This legislation will support an important pathway to creating renewable hydrogen, which is the

On June 11, the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) hosted a remote-access workshop to solicit feedback on the forthcoming, first of its kind, joint solicitation for the Zero-Emission Drayage Truck and Infrastructure Pilot Project. This is a combined effort, with funding provided by CEC’s Clean Transportation Program funds and

Zobel brings over fifteen years of experience in the development of alternative fuels programs for both private companies and utilities in the U.S. & California LOS ANGELES – June 9, 2020 – The California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC) today announced the appointment of Bill Zobel as the executive director of the organization. Zobel joins CHBC

On June 8, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC regarding the Commissioner Workshop on Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Trends. The CHBC expressed disappointment due to the agenda for this workshop excluding any focus or panelist experts on hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), which has become a common pattern at the Commission and risks creating a

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On May 29, the CHBC sent a letter to Assemblymember Richard Bloom and Budget Subcommittee 3 in response to the Governor’s Proposed Budget and the Revisions proposed by the Administration on May 14, 2020. The CHBC urged the Assembly to consider postponing any decision on 2020-2021 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds (GGRF) until after the next

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