Pueblo has been selected as a site for one of the state’s first commercial hydrogen fueling stations thanks to a nearly $9 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant secured by Colorado State University and New Day Hydrogen.
The grant will help fund the Pueblo fueling station as well as one each in Fort Collins and Denver. They will be the state’s first commercial hydrogen fueling stations serving hydrogen-battery-powered delivery trucks and could be operational by the end of 2025.
“We are very excited about the grant as it is a validation of what we are trying to do,” said Buford Barr, chief operating officer for New Day Hydrogen . “It is a significant portion of the capital costs that will be associated with the stations — the federal government is putting up 80% and we have to match 20% of that.”
According to Colorado State University’s website , the university “will be responsible for managing the overall program as well as creating a workforce development component that addresses the local transportation impacts, environmental justice elements and basic management,” said Bret Widom, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the college’s Fort Collins campus.