Jack Brouwer, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UC Irvine who is not involved with the [Avina Clean Hydrogen Facility] project, said it could serve as proof-of-concept for the rest of the region and country. “They are one of the first to actually work through all the details of this to see if it can actually be cost-effective today,” said Brouwer, who is also the director of UC Irvine’s Clean Energy Institute. … Brouwer, of UC Irvine, said hydrogen’s role as both a transition fuel and a long-term climate solution is all but inevitable. Read More