The Californian city is using H2 as an important step forward in sustainable public safety measures.The city of Santa Clarita, located just to the north of Los Angeles, California, has announced that it is using hydrogen fuel cells as a part of a considerable public safety step during power outages.The city is using a new backup system powered by H2 to keep traffic lights running in outages.The first step in Santa Clarita’s deployment of the project is to install a new hydrogen fuel cell backup power system at one major intersection controlled by traffic lights. The intersection chosen to launch this project is at Soledad Canyon Road and Whites Canyon Road in Canyon Country. The idea is to be able to use the carbon emission-free power to keep the traffic light running even in the case of a power failure on the grid.The new H2-powered system is not the first of its type in the…
Santa Clarita to use hydrogen fuel cells as backup power for traffic lights
