California Struggles To Advance Hydrogen Plan Amid Cost, Demand Hurdles

California officials appear to be struggling to transform low-carbon hydrogen into a key piece of the state’s decarbonization efforts due to weighty challenges including high costs and uncertain demand, with some beginning to question whether to maintain current plans to aggressively pursue the energy source. “Sometimes it’s easy to write reports that give a roadmap on meeting state goals . . . but I find myself more and more saying we also need to have a realistic assessment of different...