In addition, NHA members and friends responded to the plea for support in light of uncertain DOE funding, allowing the NHA to meet sponsorship targets. Bronze Sponsors were California Air Resources Board, Ford Motor Company, South Coast Air Quality Management District. Special Events Sponsors were Air Products and Chemicals, Ballard Generation Systems, Praxair, and Stuart Energy Systems. U.S. Congressman John Peterson enjoys ice cream made by Merit Academy students at the 10th U.S. Hydrogen Meeting. The ice cream maker was powered by a fuel cell.
T here are several highlights of the meeting which are particularly noteworthy.
Implementation Plan S everal years ago, the NHA developed a standard by which to measure the progress of the hydrogen community in achieving its common purpose of a sustainable and renewable energy future. Implicitly, each of us is measuring what we see and hear against those goals embodied in the Hydrogen Commercialization Plan. T his year we offered finer gradations to our measure of progress by developing an Implementation Plan to complement the Commercialization Plan. Measuring Our Progress T he meeting covered the state of hydrogen in the U.S. and abroad on the first day, with an emphasis on U.S. Department of Energy and Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel reports sent to the U.S. Congress and concluding with a presentation on the NHA s proposed Implementation Plan. The second day began with a Keynote Address by U.S. Representative Peterson on factors that build support for hydrogen in Congress.