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SFO wins grant for hydrogen refueling station

SFO wins grant for hydrogen refueling station

San Francisco International Airport won a $1.7 million state grant Monday to build a refueling station for cars and buses that run on hydrogen.

The station will serve the small collection of Bay Area vehicles powered by fuel cells, which create electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen. The vehicles give off no pollution, just water vapor.

Interest in hydrogen as a transportation fuel soared earlier in the decade, only to be eclipsed by advanced biofuels and electric cars. Still, the airport has made a point of testing different fuels - from biodiesel to compressed natural gas - and sees the hydrogen station as the latest example.

SF Chronicle-04/07/2009