The SLIC is strategically located and is slated to receive significant funding support through the $12.6 billion public-private partnership, the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES).
Situated next to the San Luis Reservoir in the northern San Joaquin Valley region of California, SLIC will integrate large scale behind the meter solar energy to produce green hydrogen for transport and other local industries and attract new energy intensive industries to the region.
The project will leverage the state’s energy policies and robust infrastructure to establish a clean industrial ecosystem which is initially focused on the integration of renewable energy production, storage, and the development of renewable fuels for local supply in Northern California, from the Central Valley through to the Bay Area…