OCTA selects Clean Energy to build out hydrogen fueling station at Garden Grove facility
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has been awarded a $27.5 million contract by Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to design and build a new private hydrogen fueling station at OCTA’s Garden Grove bus base.
The new station will be designed to support the OCTA’s growing fleet of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell buses. Under the contract, Clean Energy will provide design-build services for the hydrogen station and facility upgrades, as well as operations and maintenance services and liquid hydrogen fuel supply. The project is expected to be completed in 2028.
OCTA currently operates a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell and battery-electric buses, as well as compressed natural gas, with plans to transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2040, aligning with California’s Innovative Clean Transit regulations. OCTA currently has 10 hydrogen fuel cell buses in service and expects to add 40 more by the time this fuel station is built.
"OCTA has built a reputation as a forward-thinking transit agency that continues to invest in clean transportation technology," said Clean Energy Senior Account Manager Alphonse Anderson. "As they expand their hydrogen fleet, we're honored to help deliver the infrastructure that will support those operations for years to come. Clean Energy is headquartered in Orange County and has built hydrogen stations for other Southern Californian transit agencies so being selected to build OCTA's station locally makes this project especially meaningful for our team."
The agency operates, maintains and fuels buses from three other locations beyond the Garden Grove bus base that’s being upgraded.
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