United States’ first hydrogen plant directly connected to pipeline opened by Toyota in California

The first hydrogen refueling station to be directly connected to a hydrogen pipeline has swung its doors open in the United States recently, designed and constructed by Toyota. Located in Torrance in California, this station does not require trucks to bring in a hydrogen gas supply, and simply hooks on to the pipeline instead. The pipeline originates at the Wilmington and Carson plants owned by Air Products. The station has been leased and will be managed by Shell and will be used to service Toyota’s fleet of 100 fuel cell test vehicles that the automaker plans to bring to the U.S. between now and 2013.

Besides being a juice-bar for hybrids, Toyota also plans to use the facility to help educate students and the public about fuel-cell technology and its advantages, for a cleaner generation of automobile-users in the future.
[Cnet]