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Find similar grantsClean Hydrogen Program is sponsored by California Energy Commission. Provides financial incentives for projects demonstrating or scaling up the production, processing, delivery, storage, or end use of clean hydrogen in California.
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Clean Hydrogen Program | California Energy Commission The Clean Hydrogen Program provides financial incentives to eligible in-state projects for the demonstration or scale-up of the production, processing, delivery, storage, or end use of clean hydrogen. These projects will help reduce sector-wide emissions.
The Clean Hydrogen Program was established by Assembly Bill 209 (The Energy and Climate Change budget bill, Chapter 251, Section 12, Chapter 7. 6, Article 4, enacted in September 2022) to demonstrate or scale-up hydrogen projects that produce, process, deliver, store, or use hydrogen derived from water using eligible renewable energy resources, or produced from these eligible renewable energy resources.
Projects receiving financial incentives must: Reduce sector-wide emissions. Benefit geographically diverse areas of the state. Maximize air quality, equity, health, and workforce benefits.
GFO-25-308 - Distributed Clean Hydrogen Production with Onsite End Use (H2ONSITE) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for the Clean Hydrogen Program The Legislature and Governor appropriate money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) to State agencies through the annual budget process. The California Energy Commission has received GGRF allocations for the Clean Hydrogen Program.
The Clean Hydrogen Program is part of California Climate Investments , a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Invest, formerly known as Cap-and-Trade, dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment - particularly in disadvantaged communities.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Expenditure Record CEC Expenditure Record for the Clean Hydrogen Program No events are available at this time.
Pre-Application Workshop - GFO-25-308 - Distributed Clean Hydrogen Production with Onsite End Use (H2ONSITE) Pre-Application Workshop - GFO-23-307 - Large-Scale Centralized Clean Hydrogen Production (H2CENTRAL) Staff Workshop on the Implementation of the Clean Hydrogen Program Submit Comment (22-ERDD-03) Energy Research and Development Assembly Bill 209 Clean Energy Programs — 2024 Annual Report Letter and Attachment to Clean Energy Programs Report Please enter your email address.
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Applications for Clean Hydrogen Program are due August 19, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
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CalSEED Concept Award is a grant from the California Energy Commission that provides $150,000 in funding to early-stage clean energy innovators in California. The program targets individuals, businesses, and nonprofits developing hardware, software, or integrated solutions at Technology Readiness Levels 2-4. Eligible technology areas rotate each cycle and have included battery recycling and reuse, long-duration energy storage, medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electrification, industrial electrification, and advanced EV charging. Applicants must be located in California, have under $1 million in private funding, and propose innovations that benefit California ratepayers. Concept Award winners also receive professional development resources and access to accelerator programs, and may compete for a subsequent $450,000 Prototype Award.
Clean Transportation Program Hydrogen Infrastructure Project Opportunity (HIPO) (GFO-25-607) is sponsored by California Energy Commission. This grant opportunity funds the deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure for light-, medium-, and/or heavy-duty on-road fuel cell electric vehicles. Applicants may propose new hydrogen refueling stations, reopening temporarily non-operational stations, or supplemental funding for previously awarded stations that are fully permitted but lack capital to finish construction. Operations & Maintenance (O&M) funding is also available as an add-on.
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