FirstElement Fuel opens 41st hydrogen station

The new hydrogen station, which uses FEF's proprietary design, has 4 dispensers capable of simultaneously providing H70 standard fills with a capacity of 1600 kg/d (or the equivalent of refuelling 450 hydrogen-powered cars per day) making it the highest-performing retail hydrogen station in the world. The Oakland station represents the ninth such high-output station installed and operated by FEF.

FEF overcame many challenges to develop, permit, and open the station, which was partly funded by California Energy Commission (CEC) grant monies, in a Disadvantaged Community (DAC). It is an important goal for both FEF and the CEC to facilitate investments in hydrogen refuelling stations across diverse communities and provide access to hydrogen refuelling to people of all economic backgrounds.

FEF is also commissioning its multi-use heavy-duty truck hydrogen station near the Port of Oakland (the 'Oakland Multi-Use Station') and breaking ground on a new retail hydrogen station in Redwood City, California, US.

"The world faces many challenges today, but we are staying focused and disciplined about achieving our mission to accelerate access to hydrogen refuelling," said Joel Ewanick, Founder and CEO of FEF. "And that's because hydrogen-fuelled transportation will ultimately play a huge role in fighting against the single biggest challenge the world faces, global warming."

Once operational, the Oakland Multi-Use Station, which also uses FEF's proprietary design, will be the largest heavy-duty hydrogen refuelling truck station in the world with the capability to handle heavy-duty, medium-duty, and light-duty hydrogen-powered vehicles. The station is part of a public and private partnership in which Hyundai Motor Company will supply 30 XCIENT fuel cell trucks, the largest deployment of Class 8 hydrogen-powered vehicles in the US. The project, titled NorCAL ZERO, was jointly funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and is being managed by the Centre for Transportation and the Environment (CTE). FEF has designed the station, which is nearing completion, with a unique architecture that will yield 18 000 kg/d capacity (enough to fill as many as 200 heavy-duty trucks and 400 light-duty vehicles a day) and make it the first station in the world to deploy fast-fill components and protocols capable of filling a truck with 80 kg of hydrogen in under 10 minutes.

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