SoCalGas Pursues Hydrogen Future with Angeles Link
As California prepares for a carbon-neutral future, SoCalGas is preparing to urge it along with a new hydrogen pipeline. A first-of-its-kind project for California, Angeles Link would supply renewable hydrogen to a variety of industries, from power plants and heavy-duty manufacturing to transportation fueling stations and energy storage.
“We believe this will be an anchor project that will kick off many different hydrogen projects,” SoCalGas Vice President of Customer Solutions Don Widjaja told Spectrum News. Not only could the pipeline help electric utilities generate clean power as they transition away from natural gas to renewable alternatives, it could help with resilience, since hydrogen can serve as energy storage. It would also support the nascent hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle industry, including heavy-duty trucks.