GM shows 300 mile range SUV. Buildable but not yet affordable. Nanosolar secures $100,000,000 in financing for building 430 Megawatt per year Solar Array production facility which will cut the cost of solar arrays by 1/3. Shell Hydrogen B.V. to create world's largest hydrogen fueled public transportation system in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
1. Greetings and Introductions: Chapter President, John Gotthold, greets all attendees and asks each attendee to state their name and a short synopsis of their background and what they hope to learn by attending the meeting. 10 min.
2. Hydrogen Transportation: We examine the specs of the new GM SUV Sequel in detail. Does it perform the same as a current vehicle, or better in many ways? Hydrogen vehicles shown at Semicon West. Hycar by ESORO A.G., Switzerland - exceedingly neat!
3. Technology update: Nanosolar thin film, high efficiency print technology. We examine it in detail. How can their entire production cost be less than the cost of a regular Solar array plant's depreciation on it vacuum film equipment? Super Grid - proposed to move hydrogen and electricity around the country. Aurora Flight Sciences - Orion HALL, 65,000 feet cruise for four days, hydrogen fuel cell power aircraft, for science and military.
4. Government Support for Hydrogen: Hydrogen Advisory Panel - set up to advise the Administration on implementing hydrogen into the economy. Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership formed: Sweden, Norway, Denmark. Secretary Bodeman claims hydrogen "central" to President Bush's future energy plans. TUV SUD certifies mobile hydrogen filling station.
5. Global Warming: The leaders in doing something about global warming. Report on Northern Europe and their conversion to wind generated electricity. John Gotthold's report from the Baltic. Discussion of Al Gore's new movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
6. Hydrogen Business: Fuel cell buses in Beijing.
Video: The Solar Hydrogen Economy - Harry Braun - 20 minutes.
