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 minutes.
1. Hydrogen Transportation: Sunderland, northeast England hydrogen park - fuel cell buses. Parking fees based on carbon emissions - Richmond CA. VW hydrogen cars on Berlin streets! Honda - customers eventually will want fuel cell cars - once they have tried battery! Ammonia as fuel for cars? Suzuki Burgman fuel cell scooter - 2010 production!! Electric Superbikes! Batteries add $14,400 to EVs, $5,900 to Plug-ins!! BMW Hydrogen 7 - production starts! Auxiliary fuel cells for ships! GM slowing down on FC Volt - here we come! Kia - affordable FCVs in six years! Fuel cells at $70/kilowatt? Hydrogen vs. battery feud!! SAE J1772 - 70 Amps at 220 Volts - battery vehicle plug in standard!! Irvine hydrogen station.
2. Hydrogen Technology: CCT in use! Mobile phone towers for wind turbines? Methane gas to liquid fuel. Artificial photosynthesis - DOE funded! Nano nickel to magnesium oxide - finally, ceramic engines! Plasma nano generator - production ready. 35.8% solar efficiency - Sharp. Triple output wind turbine design! Re-engineer the Earth - CAREFUL!! Salt water system to generate hydrogen!! Coal to natural gas to hydrogen 1-2-3. Seawater to liquid fuels! Hydrogen from gas mixtures. Better hydrogen pipeline compressors.
3. Hydrogen Business: Five companies are now selling fuel cells, with a price on them!! $ billions of business being done in solar-wind-(hydrogen?) Many versions of Lithium-ion batteries, all better than the last! Solar cost declined 30% from 1998 to 2007. Solar hydrogen market - done right!! Pension funds investing green! 9.1 MW solar!! Fuel Cell map - http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/online/industry-directory - will take you to a Google Map directory of all the fuel cell makers and suppliers!! Proton Power- $1,000,000 in fuel cell scholarships!! Medis Technologies into receivership - one more fuel cell company bites the dust!! Computer model of a greener future!!
4. Government Support to Hydrogen: Navy plans massive cuts to fossil fuel use. Rancho Seco - decommissioned! Google carbon map! G20 to phase out fossil fuel subsidies! FUEL CELL SEMINAR - Palm Springs, November 16! Smart Energy Conference. Whistler hydrogen bus for 2010. Hydrogen generated electricity in California. Prague hydrogen station.
5. Global Warming and Oil Depletion: Climate change accelerating! $573,000 per minute on foreign oil! End of affordable oil? Multiyear Arctic ice - GONE! Electricity cheaper than free!! Rapid extinctions - one-third of 40,000 species studied. Months - not years - to preclude climate change! Indian tribe to abandon home - global warming effects!
6. Demonstration and Video: Announcement of HySolGenics, Inc. open house.
7. Hydrogen Jobs:
*Regional Sales Manager*
Mitsubishi Electric -
Miami
,
Florida
*Senior Developer*
Renewable Ventures -
San Francisco
,
California
*Salesforce Application Manager*
SunEdison -
Beltsville
,
Maryland
*Junior Software Developer*
SunEdison -
San Francisco
,
California
*Director -
U. S.
Procurement*
Brookfield
Renewable Power -
Marlborough
,
Massachusetts
*Journeyman Electrician*
groSolar -
Raynham
,
Massachusetts
*Manager, Three-Phase Power Conversion*
FirstSolar -
Perrysbrug
,
Ohio
*Professional Engineer*
Borrego Solar -
Lowell
,
Massachusetts
*Master Electrician*
groSolar -
Raynham
,
Massachusetts
*Director of Product Marketing - Utilities* SunEdison -
Beltsville
,
Maryland
*Senior Applications Engineer*
PV Powered, Inc. -
Bend
,
Oregon
*Site Superintendent - Contract / 1099*
Borrego Solar -
San Diego
,
California
*Regional Sales Manager*
Mitsubishi Electric -
Jersey City
,
New Jersey
*Director of Utility Sales*
SunEdison -
Beltsville
,
Maryland
*Engineer -
Professional
PE
*
Borrego Solar -
Lowell
,
Massachusetts
