Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron U.S.A., is developing a 5 megawatt hydrogen-production project in California’s Central Valley.
The project aims to create lower carbon energy by utilizing solar power, land and nonpotable produced water from Chevron’s existing assets at the Lost Hills Oil Field in Kern County. Low-carbon intensity (LCI) electrolytic hydrogen will be produced through electrolysis — the process of using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
The facility is designed to produce two tons of LCI hydrogen per day, with the goal of supporting an expanding hydrogen refueling network.
“Hydrogen can play a vital role in our journey toward a lower carbon future,” said Austin Knight, vice president for hydrogen at Chevron New Energies. “Chevron already offers lower carbon fuels like sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel and others, and this project is expected to expand the portfolio of solutions Chevron could suppl