NovoHydrogen Project Summary:

Antelope Valley Hydrogen 1

~10,000 metric tons per year green hydrogen facility to decarbonize industrial, power, and transportation sectors

NovoHydrogen is engaged with customers in the broader Los Angeles County region that are interested in decarbonization to purchase cost effective long-term volumes of green electrolytic hydrogen from our hydrogen production facility near Palmdale, Los Angeles County, CA, called Antelope Valley Hydrogen 1. The project will qualify for the full $3/kg H2 Production Tax Credit (“PTC) outlined in Section 45V of the tax code in the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”).

Green hydrogen can be used in a variety of different applications: replacing existing fossil-based hydrogen, providing backup power, replacing fleets with zero-emission hydrogen-fueled alternatives, and bridging the intermittency of renewable resources with dispatchable hydrogen.

Project Summary

NovoHydrogen will own and operate a green hydrogen production facility near Palmdale, CA on ~1,000 acres serving regional hydrogen demand. The project involves installing up to 182 MW of electrolyzers to supply green hydrogen to decarbonize various customers’ operations under a long-term hydrogen purchase agreement (“HPA”), for which we are currently securing offtake with industrial, transport, and power generation customers.

Project Details

Current Status

Novo is currently progressing term sheet and hydrogen production agreement (“HPA”) offtake negotiations. Please reach out to antelopevalley@novohydrogen.com for more sales or project information.

Clean Power
PEM Electrolyzers
Compressors
Storage
Offtake

Sources of clean power:

Solar, up to 235 MW / 1,000+ acres

Selected electrolyzer technology:

  • Ability to ramp
  • Modular design
  • PEM electrolyzer

Up to 182 MW of electrolyzers

Hydrogen will be compressed utilizing compressors

Hydrogen will be stored in above ground cylinders / silos

The site will deliver ~27 metric tons per day of green hydrogen to customers

Clean Power​

Sources of clean power: Solar, up to 400 MW / 2,000+ acres

PEM Electrolyzers

Selected electrolyzer technology:

  • Ability to ramp
  • Modular design
  • PEM electrolyzer

300 MW of electrolyzers

Compressors

Hydrogen will be compressed utilizing compressors

Storage

Hydrogen will be stored in above ground cylinders / silos

Offtake

The site will deliver ~35 metric tons per day of green hydrogen to customers

Impact

GHG Emissions and Environmental Impact

The project will reduce CO2 emissions and improve local air quality. Additionally, AVH1 will use approximately 10% of the business-as-usual agricultural water consumption, significantly contributing to water conservation efforts.

Job Creation

The project is expected to create at least 100 temporary construction jobs and multiple high-paying long-term operational jobs for the surrounding community. NovoHydrogen will be executing a Project Labor Agreement and paying prevailing wage rates. We have engaged with the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California and the Los Angeles / Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council.

Community Engagement

The Novo team has already started engaging with academic institutions, public officials, environmental justice groups, labor unions, and other community engagement organizations to provide full transparency for the project to ensure it benefits the community.

Environmental Justice

NovoHydrogen intends to hire and engage a diverse workforce and equitably allocate project benefits to underserved communities.

NovoHydrogen is a full-service green hydrogen project developer that originates, develops, constructs, finances, owns, and operates green hydrogen projects throughout North America. NovoHydrogen’s vision is green hydrogen where it is needed most. We focus on the tough-to-decarbonize industrial, transportation, and power sectors through green hydrogen where it is the best solution for our customers.

We are led by the conviction that green hydrogen is a key piece of the decarbonization puzzle. This drives our passion for our work. We leverage our deep energy sector knowledge and experience deploying successful innovative energy transition technologies. Our extensive learnings from across the energy sector include developing solar, wind, transmission, and battery storage assets and midstream and upstream oil & gas operations. This track record has given us real project experience that customers can trust.