NM to be part of ‘clean freight corridor’ – By Kevin Robinson-Avila (Albuquerque Journal) / Sept 24, 2022
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Long-haul truckers could soon power up their 18-wheelers with New Mexico-made hydrogen delivered through a vast fueling network stretching from the Port of Los Angeles to West Texas.
New Mexico-based Libertad Power is partnering with Hyundai Motor Co. and nationwide fueling service Diesel Direct to build a new hydrogen-fueled “Southwest Clean Freight Corridor” to help decarbonize thousands of heavy-duty, long-haul trucks that crisscross the region every day.
The network could begin initial operations in about three years, said Joe Merlino, managing partner for Libertad Power, which plans to open the state’s first zero-carbon, green-hydrogen production plant near Farmington in 2025.
The plant would employ electrolysis – a technology that extracts hydrogen from water with no fossil fuels involved – creating clean-burning hydrogen for fuel-cell trucks that Diesel Direct would deliver to customers across the region.
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