The “Vision 2010” for California’s Hydrogen Highways is to ensure that by the end of the decade every Californian has access to hydrogen fuel along the State’s major highways, with a significant and increasing percentage of that hydrogen produced from clean, renewable sources. This vision for California is real and attainable; however, it will take time so we must plant the seeds now.
To expedite the transition of our transportation system away from petroleum
fuels, towards hydrogen fuel and vehicles, experts point to the crucial need for a hydrogen fueling infrastructure and the necessary leadership to make it a reality. An early network of only 150 to 200 hydrogen fueling stations throughout the State (approximately one station every 20 miles on the State’s major highways) would make hydrogen fuel available to the vast majority of Californians. This early vision for California’s Hydrogen Highway Network is achievable by 2010 and will help demonstrate the economic and technical viability of hydrogen technologies. Studies by the California Fuel Cell Partnership and others estimate that this initial low-volume fueling network will cost $75 - $200 million, the majority of this investment coming from private investment by energy companies, automakers, high-tech firms, and other companies.
California is already a clear leader in the areas of advanced vehicles, alternative fuels and clean energy. Already there are over a dozen hydrogen fueling facilities in California and more than 40 fuel cell vehicles have been placed in demonstration programs throughout the state. At least nine more hydrogen stations will be added in 2004 (several more are planned but not yet announced). By 2007, fuel cell hybrid vehicles, both buses and light-duty vehicles, will be used in demonstration fleets in tandem with early hydrogen fueling infrastructure. Internal combustion hydrogen hybrid vehicles will also be available both in fleet applications and commercially in larger numbers in the 2006-7 time frame. By
2010, automakers have indicated that "tens of thousands" of fuel cells vehicles will be commercially available, provided there is fueling infrastructure in place. California has an opportunity to ready the landscape for the placement of hydrogen vehicles better than anywhere else in the world.
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