Roadmap for the Deployment and Buildout of Renewable Hydrogen Production Plants in California

This report presents a roadmap for the buildout and deployment of renewable hydrogen production plants in California. The report provides a fact base to support policy decisions and inform stakeholders. The supporting analysis assesses the demand, in the transportation and other sectors, for and cost of renewable hydrogen to serve California. The analysis includes demand projections, forecasts of technology progress, supply chain costs, and temporal and spatial plant siting scenarios. The work places specific focus on lessons from early project activity and projection through 2030, with higher-level forecasts through 2050. The work concludes with research needs and policy recommendations to successfully launch and scale the California renewable hydrogen sector. The conclusion is that, with appropriate policy support, the renewable hydrogen sector can reach self-sustainability (price point at parity with conventional fuel on a fuel-economy adjusted basis) by the mid- to late 2020s.