Say Hello to America’s First Big-Rig Hydrogen Station

BIG RIG HYDROGEN FUEL STATION OPENS IN CA

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Christina Thompson (Anchor, EarthxNews): America’s first big rig hydrogen fuel station opens in Northern California.

The truck stop operated by hydrogen fuel maker, FirstElement Fuel currently serves 30 hydrogen fuel cell trucks at the Port of Oakland. The green fueling station is just one of many that state officials say they’ve been able to build using federal funds from the government’s Hydrogen Hub Grant Program, an initiative aimed at accelerating the country’s hydrogen economy.

Governor Gavin Newsome’s senior adviser for clean infrastructure said the hub funding would allow construction of 60 more hydrogen truck stations in California, enough to serve 5,000 trucks and 1,000 buses. You might recall President Biden recently awarded the Golden State up to $12 billion in hub funding to build or expand on hydrogen projects that will help power public transportation, port operations, and heavy duty transport.