H2B2

H2B2, a U.S. company based in Delaware, is a prominent player in the North American hydrogen industry. With its proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, H2B2 has brought to life one of the largest operational renewable hydrogen production facilities in North America – the SoHyCal project located in Fresno, California. Backed by a US$3.96 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) Clean Transportation Program, the project will fuel a transit bus fleet operated by the local transportation authority.

The SoHyCal project began commercial production on September 7, 2023, with an initial capacity of 1.2 metric tonnes (MT) per day using approximately 85.6 million British thermal units (MMBtu) of biogas as feedstock. The biogas is converted into electricity and subsequently into hydrogen through electrolysis.

H2B2 is currently in the process of expanding the facility by installing photovoltaic (PV) panels. The combined use of biogas and PV solar panels to generate clean electricity will be capable of producing 15 megawatts (MW) of power and 3 metric tonnes (MT) per day of renewable hydrogen – enough to fuel up to 210,000 cars in a year or 30,000 city buses.

To learn more about how EcoEngineers helped guide H2B2 on its journey toward being a commercially successful clean hydrogen producer in California, click here.

"Our goal was to help H2B2 build an ecosystem of partners, to help guide the company through complex regulatory frameworks, and to ensure the SoHyCal team was empowered to confidently manage their LCA and compliance. The submission of the CA-LCFS pathway application sets H2B2 on a path to be able to deploy renewable hydrogen at scale."

- Tanya Peacock, Managing Director, California and Hydrogen, EcoEngineers