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Release 09-32
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 6, 2009
	  	  	
Dimitri Stanich
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www.arb.ca.gov

$6.8 million will assist construction of four hydrogen stations

Stations will be open to the public and provide power for
fuel-cell vehicles in LA and SF areas

SACRAMENTO: The California Air Resources Board announced today
that it has awarded Mebtahi Station Services, San Francisco
Airport, Shell Hydrogen and UCLA $1.7 million each to supplement
their construction of hydrogen refueling stations doubling the
amount of hydrogen available to the public.

The grants, provided by the California legislature and
distributed by the ARB through a competitive bid process, are
aimed at increasing the use of alternative fuels. The new
stations will serve the growing number of fuel-cell vehicles on
the road in the Los Angeles and the San Francisco areas and will
double the amount of hydrogen available to the public.

"Hydrogen is one of the many fuels in California's future," said
ARB Chairman Mary Nichols, "but we need to cultivate the
industry's early growth. This grant money will nurture a
burgeoning technology that will provide jobs, invigorate our
economy, and provide the state with clean power."

Mebtahi Station Services will use the funds to add hydrogen fuel
to their existing Chevron Station near the corner of Western
Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway in Harbor City. In a partnership
with Capital Investment Group, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.,
and General Physics, Mebtahi will provide up to 100 kilograms of
hydrogen per day to vehicles in a publicly familiar retail
setting.

The San Francisco Airport will build a hydrogen refueling
facility at the airport's Millbrae Avenue exit on Highway 101.
This station will dispense 120 kilograms per day and fuel
passenger cars and busses operated by transit agencies throughout
the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Shell Hydrogen will also add hydrogen to an existing retail
gasoline station at 1600 Jamboree Road in Newport Beach. The
station will produce up to 100 kilograms per day of hydrogen on
site through a natural gas steam-reformation system.

UCLA, in a partnership with Air Products, General Physics and
South Coast Air Quality Management District, plans to build a
hydrogen fueling station at its transit facility at the corner of
Veteran and Kinross Avenues in Westwood. This publicly available
facility will produce hydrogen on site and will provide 140
kilograms per day.

The average refueling amount for a fuel-cell vehicle is about
four to five kilos.

California is pursuing a transition to clean energy and energy
diversity by promoting efforts by automobile manufacturers and
energy companies to employ hydrogen as a power source for
vehicles and electricity production.

The Air Resources Board is a department of the California
Environmental Protection Agency. ARB's mission is to promote and
protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through
effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and
considering effects on the economy. The ARB oversees all air
pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain
health based air quality standards.

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