{{Short description|Series of hydrogen refueling stations in California}} The '''California Hydrogen Highway''' is a series of [[Hydrogen station|hydrogen refueling stations]] in California. These stations are used to refuel [[hydrogen vehicles]]. {{asof|August 2020}}, there were 42 publicly accessible hydrogen refueling stations in California.<ref name=afdc>[http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/stations_counts.html Alternative Fueling Station Counts by State], ''Alternative Fuels Data Center'', accessed August 31, 2020</ref>
== History == The California Hydrogen Highway Network (CaH2Net) was initiated in April 2004 by Executive Order (EO) S-07-04 under Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] with the purpose of promoting [[hydrogen station|hydrogen refueling stations]] in California.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/hydrogen/hydrogen_cah2net.htm |title= California Hydrogen Initiatives |publisher= CARB |date= July 15, 2016 |accessdate= April 7, 2017 |archive-date= April 8, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170408082338/https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/hydrogen/hydrogen_cah2net.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref> Other initiatives followed in California.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/hydrogen/hydrogen.htm |title=California Hydrogen Activities|publisher=CARB |accessdate= March 30, 2017}}</ref>
As of 2007, 25 stations were in operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cafcp.org |title=California Fuel Cell Partnership}}</ref> Some of these hydrogen fueling stations completed the terms of their government-funded research demonstration project and were decommissioned.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cafcp.org/stationmap |title=Hydrogen Fueling Stations}}</ref> In 2012, there were 23 hydrogen fueling stations in California,<ref>Ingram, Antony. [http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1076699_rip-hydrogen-highway-california-takes-back-grant-dollars "RIP Hydrogen Highway? California Takes Back Grant Dollars"], ''Green Car Reports'', June 5, 2012</ref> eight of which were publicly accessible.<ref>[http://cafcp.org/stations "Stations"], California Fuel Cell Partnership, 2012, accessed March 14, 2013</ref><ref>Jones, Nicola. [http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whatever-happened-to-the-hydrogen-highway/Content?oid=2283903 "Whatever happened to the hydrogen highway?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312095018/http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whatever-happened-to-the-hydrogen-highway/Content?oid=2283903 |date=2016-03-12 }}, ''Pique'', February 9, 2012, accessed March 17, 2016</ref> In 2013 Governor Brown signed AB 8, a bill to fund $20 million a year for up to 100 stations.<ref>[http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB8 Bill AB 8, Signed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on September 30, 2013]</ref><ref>Xiong, Ben. [http://cafcp.org/getinvolved/stayconnected/blog/governor_brown_signs_ab_8 "Governor Brown Signs AB 8"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234148/http://cafcp.org/getinvolved/stayconnected/blog/governor_brown_signs_ab_8 |date=2013-12-02 }}, California Fuel Cell Partnership, September 30, 2013</ref>
{{asof|July 2025}}, there were 50 publicly accessible hydrogen fueling stations in California (one station in Hawaii and one in Washington were the only other publicly accessible hydrogen stations in the US).<ref>[http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/stations_counts.html Alternative Fueling Station Counts by State], ''Alternative Fuels Data Center'', accessed March 4, 2024</ref><ref>Day, Lewin. [https://www.theautopian.com/washington-is-getting-hydrogen-fuel-and-its-nine-times-cheaper-than-californias "Washington Is Getting Hydrogen Fuel and It’s Nine Times Cheaper Than California’s"], ''The Autopian'', June 27, 2025</ref>
==See also== *[[Hydrogen infrastructure]] *[[Hydrogen economy]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080125074731/http://hydrogenhighway.ca.gov/ California Hydrogen Highway] *[http://www.cafcp.org/stationmap Station Map] click on green counter under map for "open" stations
[[Category:Road transportation in California]] [[Category:Hydrogen infrastructure]]