Hydrogen
What is hydrogen?
Hydrogen is one of the most abundant elements on earth and has the highest energy content of any common fuel by weight.
When combusted, hydrogen produces water vapor, not greenhouse gas emissions. It can be safely produced, transported, stored and blended into the existing gas grid to help decarbonize the pipelines.
Hydrogen has been safely used for decades in aeronautics to fuel space exploration and in the industrial sector to process food, manufacture electronics, and make glass and metal. In addition, Europe, Asia, and Australia are scaling up their use of hydrogen to combat climate change and lower carbon emissions.
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How will Hydrogen power our clean energy future?
Integrating hydrogen into our energy future is complementary with renewable energy and could further advance the global energy transition underway. Similar to natural gas, hydrogen requires techniques for safe handling in comparable ways which makes us equipped with both the skillsets in its engineers and technicians, along with the technology to support its development and integration into the next stages of our energy economy.
Hydrogen is versatile and can be used to power heavy duty trucks, factories, power plants, as well as your home, appliances, and cars through a hydrogen fuel cell. We are empowering hydrogen development for California’s homes and businesses because we believe in a clean, safe, and reliable energy for tomorrow.
Understanding Clean Renewable Hydrogen
Hydrogen is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, but it rarely exists alone, therefore it is produced by extracting it from its compound. This can require a lot of energy and resources which is why hydrogen technology must be improved to lower the costs involved with using it.
Some processes can also produce greenhouse gas emissions so it is important to focus on technology that will focus on low to zero emissions. For example, hydrogen can be renewable or decarbonized if produced using renewable or carbon free electricity such electricity produced from wind turbines.
Featured Hydrogen Projects
Angeles Link
To get gas safely from producers to you, we invest towards improving the safety and integrity of our natural gas pipelines.
[H2] Innovation Experience
First of its kind in the U.S. microgrid that includes a home, solar arrays, a home battery and an electrolyzer to convert solar energy into clean, renewable hydrogen.
H2 Blending
We're developing a clean fuels network.
Additional Hydrogen Projects
Our Research, Development, and Demonstration program plays a key role in the effort to innovate around hydrogen by developing and demonstrating transformational products and technologies that promote decarbonization across the natural gas value chain. Here are some of the current hydrogen projects:
Understanding Hydrogen Fuel Cells
A fuel cell is a device that runs hydrogen and oxygen through a chemical reaction in a process that generates heat and electricity which can be used as energy sources.
[H2] SILVERSTARS
The three-year demonstration research project will integrate groundbreaking technologies to produce hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles at prices competitive with gasoline.
[H2] PURE COMP: Hydrogen Purification and Compression
Demonstrating the ability to inject hydrogen in the natural gas grid and to selectively extract hydrogen at the point of use then pressurize the hydrogen for on-site storage and dispensing.
[H2] ProQual
With safety as a priority, we are developing safety training specific to hydrogen applications in our Simulation City facilities to train field technicians.
H2U Technology
Ultra-low-cost scalable, electrocatalysts for cost-effective clean renewable Hydrogen gas production.
Fuel Cell Marine Vessel Technology
The project will test hydrogen fuel cell marine vessel technology designed to significantly reduce GHGs and air pollution from fishing, fire, ferry and other small boats in California.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Locomotive Technology
Hydrogen fuel cell powered locomotive technology is designed to replace diesel engines to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions near ports and warehouses.
Hydrogen Drones
Advanced fuel cell drone services to provide longer flight times with hydrogen fueling.