Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) has announced the groundbreaking of a hydrogen production project at SunLine Transit Agency in Thousand Palms, California.
Claimed to become first-of-its-kind once developed, the project, called H2 SilverSTARS, will generate hydrogen from renewable natural gas (RNG) and aid fuel SunLine’s 17 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses.
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This demonstration project has the potential to offer clean hydrogen at any place next to a natural gas pipeline, thereby helping to cut down greenhouse gas emissions.
The demonstration project will trial STARS’ technology, which was developed at the Pacific Northwest National Lab.
The technology leverages a combustion free process to generate lesser greenhouse gas emissions than a conventional steam methane reforming process.
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Furthermore, this compact system can be easily installed at fuelling stations. It is based on low-cost 12×1-inch, 3D-printed reactor disks and heat exchangers.
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By GlobalDataFollowing its installation, the first STARS system will generate up to 80kg of clean hydrogen everyday, which is enough to fuel three zero-emission buses daily of SunLine.
SoCalGas vice president of clean energy innovations Neil Navin said: “This is the kind of demonstration project we love to see in California and we’re excited construction has started. SoCalGas will use the knowledge gained from this project to help accelerate the adoption of clean hydrogen.”
SunLine Transit Agency CEO/General Manager Lauren Skiver said: “SunLine has been pioneering hydrogen technologies for nearly three decades and partnering with SoCalGas on this project continues the momentum necessary to make hydrogen fueling accessible to the public”.
Recently, SunLine Transit Agency secured a California Energy Commission award for building a 15,000 – 18,000-gallon liquid hydrogen fueling station.
Besides creating fuelling resiliency for the agency, it is the first liquid hydrogen project in the company’s three-decade history.
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Image: The project, called H2 SilverSTARS, will generate hydrogen from renewable natural gas. Credit: マクフライ 腰from Pixabay.
