South Coast Air Quality Management District
South Coast Air Quality Management District
BOARD MEETING DATE: August 17, 2001 AGENDA NO. 28
California Fuel Cell Partnership Steering Team Meeting
SYNOPSIS:
The California Fuel Cell Partnership met July 17-18, 2001.
Attached is a summary of the meeting.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Receive and file the attached report.
Leonard Paulitz
SCAQMD Governing Board
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Summary of Steering Team Meeting CaFCP Headquarters Facility |
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| Steering Team Members: | Graham Batcheler, Texaco Energy Systems Inc. Rick Cooper, XCELLSiS Corporation Tom Gross, U.S. Department of Energy Kyo Hattori, Toyota Motor Corporation Peter Histon, BP Don Huberts, Shell Hydrogen B.V. William Innes, ExxonMobil Stuart Johnson, Volkswagen of America Inc. William Keese, California Energy Commission Dan Kelly, International Fuel Cell Young-Woo Kim, Hyundai America Technical Center Timoty Klein, U.S. Department of Transportation Ben Knight, Honda R&D Americas Inc. Alan Lloyd, California Air resources Board Bryon McCormick, General Motors R&D Center Ferdinand Panik, DaimlerChrysler Leonard Paulitz, South Coast AQMD Cynthia Verdugo-Peralta, South Coast AQMD Firoz Rasul, Ballard Power Systems, Inc Yoshiki Sekiya, Nissan Motor Company Ltd. John Wallace, Ford TH!NK Mobility LLC |
| SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEM There were presentations from the safety team, and the light-duty (car) team. The safety team discussed team participation from auto companies, false hydrogen alarms, resolution of SCAQMD concerns, safety manuals of each auto company, and confidentiality issues regarding these manuals. The Partnership issued a position paper to summarize the highlights of the Roadmap study, its relation to the Partnership goals, key limiting assumptions, key findings of the roadmap study, FCV commercialization goals, demonstrating FCV and their fuel performance, raising the awareness of FCVs, and continuing activity beyond year 2003. The Partnership discussed the role of environmental organizations and their input into the roadmap study. The Partnership also discussed post -2003 activity in terms of forming a core group to lead it. This would consist of AQMD and ARB, 2 auto, 2 fuel, DOE and 1 fuel technology. There were also presentations from the Fuels Team, Bus Team, DOT, and the European Transportation and Energy Studies Team. The Communications Team listed the Orange County Fair, Bibendum, and the International Conference. The next meeting is scheduled for October 16-17, 2001 at the AQMD facilities in Diamond Bar, CA. |
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