Friday, April 18, 2014

Hydrogen is fuel of the future

Hydrogen is fuel of the future and Southern Californians have more access

  

BY SUSAN CARPENTER / STAFF WRITER

Toyota Fuel Cell Hydrogen Stations in Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas.
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HYDROGEN FUEL SITES

The California Energy Commission has approved and sited 12 additional hydrogen fueling stations for Southern California, all of which are scheduled to be up and running within the next 18 months at existing gas stations. Following are the addresses of the stations already open to the public, as well as soon-to-be-opened hydrogen fueling stations in Los Angeles and Orange counties:

• Anaheim: 3731 E. La Palma Ave.

• Burbank: 175 W. Verdugo Ave. (existing)

• Chino: 12601 E. End Ave.

• Diamond Bar: 21865 E. Copley Drive

• Harbor City: 25800 S. Western Ave. (existing)

• Irvine: 19172 Jamboree Blvd.; 5410 Walnut Ave.

• Los Angeles: 11261 Santa Monica Blvd.; 7751 Beverly Blvd.; 10400 Aviation Blvd. (existing); 5151 State University Drive (existing)

• Mission Viejo: 25122 Marguerite Parkway

• Newport Beach: 1600 Jamboree Blvd. (existing)

• Redondo Beach: 1200 Beryl St.

• San Juan Capistrano: 26572 Junipero Serra Road

• Santa Monica: 1819 Cloverfield Blvd.

• Torrance: 2051 W. 190th St. (existing)

• Woodland Hills: 5314 Topanga Canyon Blvd.

As Hyundai readies its Tucson fuel cell electric vehicle for market this spring, the hydrogen highway to support those vehicles is beginning to get paved.

On Monday, the California Energy Commission provided a map of the six existing hydrogen fueling stations in Los Angeles and Orange counties and specific locations for 12 others that will be built at gas stations within the next 18 months, starting this summer.

The commission is heeding Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order calling for 1.5 million zero-emission ... Click here to login or subscribe and see more.

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