Air Products, a leader in hydrogen fuelling technology has today opened a new and novel fuelling station which draws its feedstock from the municipal wastewater treatment plant at Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD).
A world’s first, the Fountain Valley renewable source generates hydrogen, electricity and heat. Moreover, it marks a significant opportunity for other biogas feedstock streams. Ed Heydorn, Business Development Manager of Air Products’ Hydrogen Energy Systems applauded the innovacy of the operation, he said, “This location will show how well this technology works and can be applied to wastewater and other waste applications to generate hydrogen. It is another first for Air Products in terms of the varied sources of feed from which hydrogen can be produced, stored and dispensed by our proprietary fueling technology.”
“Another plus is that renewable hydrogen is required to be in the mix in fueling stations in California,” continued Heydorn. “We look to this type of technology as a platform to meet the renewable requirement and to supply even cleaner hydrogen to the next generation of fuel cell vehicles.”
Heydorn also praised the public-private project collaboration that included the United States Department of Energy, which provided partial funding; OCSD; Air Products; FuelCell Energy; National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine; California Air Resources Board; and South Coast Air Quality Management District.
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