August 17th 2002
California Planning To Open Hydrogen Fueling Stations; Brief Article
Source:Autoparts
Report
California is on the verge of the next step in moving toward hydrogen-powered transportation with plans underway for what could be a large number of hydrogen fueling stations.
"There is a possibility for a number of stations, as few
as ten or as many as 100" stations in the Los Angeles Basin, a source at
the South Coast Air Quality Management District
(SCAQMD), said.
The District is weighing all sorts of infrastructure options,
from small dispersed satellite
stations costing perhaps a few hundred thousand dollars
to equip or retrofit to larger
centralized stations whose costs could run into the millions
of dollars.
Further north, in West Sacramento, the California Fuel
Cell Partnership, in announcing its goals for this year, said it intends
to install a satellite hydrogen fuel station in Richmond, on the north
end of San Francisco Bay, with two more satellite stations planned for
"appropriate locations."
