THE 17th National Hydrogen Associations (NHA) conference in California opened last Monday with true US-style star power.
The annual hydrogen conferences attendees heard Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recap his efforts to bring the element into mainstream use.
California has led the way in hydrogen research and testing, due in part to Schwarzenegger’s ˜hydrogen highway programme. That effort calls for the construction of 50 to 100 fuelling stations for hydrogen-powered cars by 2010, with more over the following decade. Some 22 stations are already open in what will eventually become a state-wide network.
”No state is more committed to hydrogen than California. We are well on our way to a hydrogen future,” said Schwarzenegger, who spoke for about five minutes via a satellite link from Sacramento.
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