Jaimie Levin, Senior Program Manager and Director of West Coast Office at The Center for Transportation and the Environment gave this presentation at Forth's webinar on September 08, 2020

1. Renewable Hydrogen in Support of
Growing Demand for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
Forth Mobility Webinar on Renewable Hydrogen – 9/08/2020
Jaimie Levin
D i r e c t o r o f W e s t C o a s t O p e r a t i o n s
Center for Transportation & the Environment

2. About CTE
WHO WE ARE
501(c)(3) nonprofit engineering and planning firm
OUR MI SSI ON
Improve the health of our climate and communities by bringing people together to
develop and commercialize clean, efficient, and sustainable transportation technologies
PORTFOLI O
$600+ million
• Research, demonstration, deployment
• 90 Active Projects totaling over $316 million
OUR FOCUS
Zero-Emission Transportation Technologies
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3. Our Four Service Areas
We support technology providers
through technology research,
development, and demonstration.
We support early adopters by
providing the best technical
solutions for initial
deployments.
We help fleet operators
implement strategic plans
for full electrification.
We help organizations of all shapes and sizes stay ahead of the technology curve.
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4. CTE Projects
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5. Fuel Cell Electric and H2 Projects
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• Class 6 UPS Trucks
• Class 8 Drayage Trucks
• Marine Cargo Top Loader
• 40’ and 60’ Transit Buses
• HD and LD H2 Stations
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6. Operational Efficiency
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1. Range
2. Passenger/Payload
3. Multiple Duty Cycles
1. Affordable CapEX
2. Affordable OpEx
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7. FCEV Advantages
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8. ZEB Infrastructure Scalability
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Fleet Size
EffortandCost
FCEB BEB
PerBus Ø FCEB: High initial cost
for H2 fueling stations
can be leveraged over
many buses in larger
fleets
Ø BEB: More equipment
and infrastructure is
needed to support
larger fleets
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9. Infrastructure Challenges
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10. BEB to FCEB Transition
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Requesting $20 Million in CEC Funding Support for H2 Fueling Stations
• AC Transit
• Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica)
• County Connection (CCCTA - Concord)
• Foothill Transit (West Covina)
• Golden Empire Transit (GET – Bakersfield)
• Golden Gate Transit (Marin)
• Gold Coast (Ventura)
• Long Beach Transit
• Monterey-Salinas Transit
• North County Transit (Oceanside)
• OmniTrans (San Bernardino)
• San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
• San Joaquin Regional Transit District
• Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
• Shasta Regional Transportation Agency
• SunLine Transit District (Thousand Palms)
• Tri-Delta Transit (ECCTA – Antioch)
• Victor Valley Transit (Hesperia)
GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Zero-Emission Transit Fleet Infrastructure
Deployment
Clean Transportation Program
GFO-20-602
www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/index.html
State of California
California Energy Commission
July 2020
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11. ICT and ACT Regulations
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Innovative Clean Transit
• Full transition to zero-emission
buses by 2040
• 2023, 25% of the total number of
new bus purchases in each
calendar year must be zero-
emission buses
• 2026, 50% of the total number of
new bus purchases in each
calendar year must be zero-
emission buses
• 2029, 100% new bus purchases
must be zero-emission buses
• Purchased new buses delivered
within two years from the initial
date of a Notice to Proceed
Advanced Clean Truck
10,524 Buses
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12. $115 Million for 123 LD H2 Stations – 180 by 2025
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13. Thank You!
Jaimie Levin
DI REC TOR of West Coast Operat i ons
Center for Transportation & the Environment
(510) 851-0625
Jaimie@CTE.tv
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