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Hydrogen Flyer

Get Bus celebrates the completion of the first hydrogen fueling station in Kern County

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WELCOME TO

GET’s New Hydrogen Fueling Station!


The first in Kern County!
GET’s New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses and state of the art fueling station means
cleaner air, less global warming, and healthier, quieter community for Bakersfield.

Golden Empire Transit Agency provides transit service throughout Greater Bakersfield and
is a leader in zero-emission bus technology. This aligns with the implementation of the Zero
Emission Bus Plan, moving GET forward in compliance with the California Air Resource
Board (CARB) to be zero emission by 2040. Unlike buses that run on fossil fuels, a hydrogen
fuel cell electric bus is powered by two of earth’s most common basic components —oxygen
and hydrogen. A fuel cell combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, heat, and
water. Fuel cells are similar to batteries. Both convert the energy produced by a chemical
reaction into usable electric power. Buses powered by fossil fuel emit air pollutants
that harm our environment by combining to produce smog and greenhouse gases. Fuel-
cell electric vehicles are zero-emission vehicles. When a hydrogen fuel-cell electric bus
operates, it emits only water.

With this project, GET has added 10 new fuel cell electric buses (FCEB) to their existing
fleet of compressed natural gas buses. The project is the first hydrogen fueling station in
Kern County with liquid hydrogen, supporting compression, hydrogen gas storage, and a
new hydrogen fuel dispenser. With the NEW Hydrogen fueling station, GET is now able to
refuel its current fleet of 10 FCEBs with capacity to spare for several additional FCEBs. New
Flyer provided the XHE40 Xcelsior® FCEBs, First Element Fuels was the primary contractor
that supplied the hydrogen station equipment and provided project management. Nikkiso
designed and constructed the station and CTE provided consulting services and assisted
Golden Empire Transit with the project.

PROJECT BUDGET
FTA’s Low or No Grant $3,048,000
LCTOP Grand $562,762

Project Total $3,610,762


OUR PROJECT:
• Deploy five New Flyer XHE40 fuel cell
electric buses in regular revenue service with
another five delivered in September 2022.
• Build on GET’s premises a liquid
hydrogen fueling station with compression,
storage and dispensing equipment, with a
station capacity to 900 kg/day with a 350-
bar dispenser.
• Connected on-site solar electricity
production to offset the cost of operating
the fuel station.
• The Hydrogen Infrastructure was
funded by FTA’s Low or No Emission Bus
Program in the amount of $3,048,000 and
the Low Carbon Transit Operation Program
(LCTOP) in the amount of $562,762. The
planned Hydrogen fueling station will be
capable of supporting 30 Hydrogen fueled
buses. GET currently has 10 Hydrogen buses
in its fleet.

How Safe Is Hydrogen?


Hydrogen is flammable, but it is inherently safer than conventional fossil fuels. As with any fuel,
hydrogen must be treated with respect and care.

Training:
A properly trained first responder community and staff is critical to the introduction of hydrogen
fuel cell applications and the transformation in how we use energy.
Awareness-level hydrogen safety training is intended for fire, law enforcement, and emergency
medical personnel and GET staff who may witness or discover a hydrogen release and must
initiate an emergency response sequence.
In the event of an emergency in which a hydrogen vehicle or fueling facility is involved, first
responders are expected to follow their department’s standard operating procedures and
guidelines and protocols.
When responding to incidents involving hydrogen vehicles or fueling stations, emergency
response personnel must take into account the special properties and characteristics of
hydrogen, understand the means to detect hydrogen leaks and flames, and follow proper
response techniques.

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