Opportunity to Decarbonize and Reduce Pollution, While Growing the Clean Energy Economy
As home to the largest Port in the nation, the Los Angeles region experiences severe pollution from hard-to-electrify sectors such as maritime shipping, aviation, and heavy-duty trucking. Mass-scale, low-cost green hydrogen will be key to displacing diesel and other fossil fuel use around the Ports of LA and Long Beach and along major freeway lines.
NREL's LA100 study concluded that all paths to 100% renewable energy require firm and dispatchable in-basin capacity. Green hydrogen offers the potential to capture renewable energy and serve as a form of seasonal energy storage, enabling 100% renewable energy affordably and reliably by repurposing valuable existing infrastructure.
By 2050, the global green hydrogen industry is estimated to achieve $12 trillion for the utilities industry alone. This green hydrogen economy will drive demand for skilled workers across the value chain – from renewable energy production to pipeline transport to application infrastructure development, installation, and maintenance.
