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Hydrogen

Standards a key
Nel, which is building the Nikola station network, said fueling hardware standards are key to commercial success. “It can’t be just Nikola alone doing it,” Lindstrom said. “We need other chemical suppliers to be part of that chain. The network of filling stations needs to be built up as soon as possible.”

Air Liquide said in December it would build a hydrogen-production plant in the Western U.S. capable of making nearly 30 tons of hydrogen a day, enough for 35,000 fuel-cell electric vehicles.

Most of those vehicles are in California, which counts on zero-tailpipe emission fuel-cell vehicles to help meet its 2050 goal of reducing smog-trapping greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent.

“It improves the potential to further support California’s efforts to expand transportation electrification in heavy-duty applications,” Tony Brasil, chief of the Transportation and Clean Technology Branch of the California Air Resources Board, told Trucks.com. “Successful deployment of fuel cell electric trucks would help meet goals established by CARB.”

Suppliers are being asked to sign up to participate in a test program to meet industry standards from SAE International, the Industry Standards Organization and the Canadian Standards Organization.
http://www.lngplants.com/Hydrogen2.html


Toyota, Nikola and Shell Seek Fuel Cell Truck-Fueling Standards
February 21, 2019
Toyota, Shell and a group of automotive and industrial companies are working together to standardize hydrogen-fueling components that could get fuel-cell electric trucks on the road faster.

The group wants the fueling nozzle, vehicle receptacle, dispenser hose and other components to be useable in all fuel cell vehicles.

The companies include Hyundai, startup Nikola Motor, Norwegian hydrogen station builder NEL Hydrogen Fueling and French industrial gas maker Air Liquide. They signed a memorandum of understanding to test components for Class 8 heavy-duty trucks.

“This is big – the first step towards standardizing the fueling system,” said Antti Lindstrom, a trucking analyst with IHS Markit. “This is exactly what the technology needs to get mainstream acceptance.”
https://www.trucks.com/2019/02/21/toyota-nikola-hydrogen-truck-fueling/