Clean Energy to Build Hydrogen Station for Orange County Transportation Authority
The new station will support the agency’s growing fleet of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell buses.
August 1, 2026
The new station will support the agency’s growing fleet of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell buses.
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Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has been awarded a $27.5 million contract by Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to design and build a new private hydrogen fueling station at OCTA’s Garden Grove bus base.
The new station aims to support the agency’s growing fleet of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell buses. Under the contract, Clean Energy will provide design-build services for the hydrogen station and facility upgrades, as well as operations and maintenance services and liquid hydrogen fuel supply. The project is expected to be completed in 2028.
OCTA currently operates a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell, battery-electric and compressed natural gas (CNG) buses with plans to transition to a 100 percent zero-emission bus fleet by 2040, aligning with California’s Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulations.
OCTA currently has 10 hydrogen fuel cell buses in service and expects to add 40 more by the time this fuel station is built.
OCTA oversees bus services across the county of over 3.1 million residents, as well as regional transportation planning, road improvements and rail programs.
The agency operates, maintains and fuels buses from four locations, one being the Garden Grove bus base, where the new hydrogen station will be built.
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