Chevron Building Solar-to-Hydrogen Project in California’s Central Valley

Chevron U.S.A. division Chevron New Energies has announced it is developing a 5 MW hydrogen production project in California’s Central Valley.

The project aims to create lower carbon energy by utilizing solar power, land and non-potable produced water from Chevron’s existing assets at the Lost Hills Oil Field in Kern County, Calif.

The company says this low carbon intensity (LCI) electrolytic hydrogen will be produced through electrolysis.