By Emily Fitzgerald /emily@chronline.com
Twin Transit and its partners are on track to submit pre-application materials this summer for what is planned be the state’s first hydrogen fueling station.
Twin Transit Executive Director Joe Clark presented an update on the project to the Port of Chehalis during Thursday’s port meeting, along with the first rendered images of what the finished fueling station could look like.
Current designs depict a 700-bar fuel pressure “light duty” fueling station for cars and light duty trucks on one side and a 350-bar “heavy duty” fueling station for medium and heavy duty trucks on the other, Clark explained to the commissioners Thursday.
With hydrogen fueling, Clark said, higher pressure means more hydrogen can fit in a smaller tank, so vehicles can go longer without refueling.
“The more…