GM & TGC Team Up to Bring Hydrogen Fueling Stations to Hawaii
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Left Lane News is reporting this morning on the announcement that GM has teamed up with TGC (The Gas Company) to bring a hydrogen fueling infrastructure to Hawaii. Specifically, this will mean the construction of several hydrogen fueling stations on the island of Oahu.
TGC already produces hydrogen and synthetic natural gas, and will use its 1,000-mile utility pipeline system to help establish the fueling stations.
Charles Freese, executive director of GM Global Fuel Cell Activities said in a statement to the press, “This is the type of enabler that a hydrogen transportation infrastructure needs because it addresses both the source of the hydrogen and a feasible way to deliver it for fuel cell vehicle use. The Hawaii infrastructure could eventually support tens of thousands of fuel cell vehicles.”
The state of Hawaii has already committed to reducing its petroleum consumption by seventy percent over the next several years, and a new hydrogen fueling infrastructure is likely to play a significant part in meeting that goal, but right now, only a single hydrogen-powered vehicle – a modified Chevrolet Equinox leftover from GM’s Project Driveway initiative – exists on the island of Oahu.