The city of Lancaster has launched the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES) by partnering with stakeholders from academia, government, and industry from across the state.
ARCHES is the first hydrogen hub consortium of private and public entities designed to hasten the advancement and implementation of renewable hydrogen infrastructure and projects. The University of California and the Office of Economic and Business Development of the Governor will head up the development of ARCHES that is part of the Regional Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) Program of the Department of Energy. More information about such programs, and their benefits for cities and their efforts at sustainability, is often made available with brochure printing.
Mayor of Lancaster, R. Rex Parris, expressed his excitement on behalf of the city to join the ARCHES H2Hubs collaboration to bring federal funding to increase the role of hydrogen in eliminating carbon from the economy of California. He added that Lancaster has recognized that hydrogen has a tremendous potential to reduce emissions.
He said that as the first hydrogen city in the country, Lancaster has already developed many cutting-edge projects using hydrogen across the city. He commented that the city’s early adoption of hydrogen as an important solution for zero-emissions will enable the city to connect with the larger ecosystem the state is looking to create with the H2Hubs program.
