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By
Leigh Collins
November 13,
2023
California's hydrogen fuel shortage
hits three-month mark, with filling stations still offline and no end
in sight
The supply of gaseous hydrogen in the south
of the state has seen 'major disruption' since 13 August
A screenshot of the station map on the
H2FCP website, showing the Los Angeles metropolitan area, taken at
about 8am California time on Monday. The red squares signify offline
stations, with the green circles showing those that are open (the
question mark shows a station closed for refurbishment and the orange
triangle shows a site with limited supply). Photo: Hydrogen Fuel
Cell Partnership
It has been three months precisely since a
“disruption” to the supply of gaseous hydrogen to filling stations in
Southern California was first revealed — and the problem continues to
persist, with no end in sight.
Data from the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership
shows that 23 of the state’s 53 filling stationd were offline at the
time this article was published, including 15 out of 29 in the
sprawling Greater Los Angeles area.
On 13 August, the state’s largest hydrogen fuel
supplier, True Zero, wrote in a letter to customers that ten of its
filling stations in the south of the state had seen their fuel supply
stopped due to their supplier experiencing “a major service
disruption”.
All ten still have no supply of H2, while a
further two Iwatani filling stations are also reporting the same
problem. Both companies are still saying they do not know when the
supply of hydrogen will resume.
The remaining 11 offline hydrogen filling stations
either have technical problems or fuel shortages that are not known to
be related to the supply disruption in Southern California.
All ten still have no supply of H2, while a
further two Iwatani filling stations are also reporting the same
problem. Both companies are still saying they do not know when the
supply of hydrogen will resume.
The remaining 11 offline hydrogen filling stations either have
technical problems or fuel shortages that are not known to be related
to the supply disruption in Southern California.
On Friday, hydrogen equipment supplier Plug Power blamed the
general lack of available H2 in California as one of the reasons the
company underperformed in the third quarter.(Copyright)
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