Unleashing American Energy Innovation, Security, and Leadership
What is ARCHES?
ARCHES is a public-private partnership organized to accelerate hydrogen projects on an industrial scale. ARCHES will build a more resilient, reliable, and independent energy system, while providing home grown fuels for the transportation system, including shipping and aviation; while also improving air quality and creating 220,000+ careers.
America Needs Hydrogen
- Hydrogen bolsters American domestic energy dominance by increasing domestic energy production.
- Hydrogen creates jobs and prosperity.
- Hydrogen strengthens America’s innovation and technological leadership.
- Hydrogen fuel is cleaner than traditional transportation fuels.
- Hydrogen strengthens power grid reliability, resiliency, and security.
- Hydrogen is an additional American fuel we can export.
400+ Network Members and Growing!
Over 400 industry and infrastructure partners are committed to working together to build California’s hydrogen infrastructure; ensure domestic needs are fulfilled; improve energy security and reliability; foster economic growth; and power heavy duty transportation fleets, energy production, and the ports.
ARCHES is Solution-Oriented
We’re all in on California’s clean energy goals.
Making a difference:
- Our projects are set to create over 220,000 jobs in California and are ready to deliver.
- Starting in 2030, we’re looking at generating $2.95 billion per year in economic value, including significant health and healthcare cost savings from reduced air pollution.
ARCHES is Statewide
Leveraging California’s size and diverse geography and economy to produce, transport, store, and use H2 at scale, provides an ideal H2 testbed for the nation.
California has long demonstrated national and global technological leadership in environmental innovation and policy and will do so again with clean H2.
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