Renewable Hydrogen Forum
2003
The Production Panel of the Hydrogen Roadmap Workshop, held in
Washington, D.C. in April, 2002, was heavily influenced by coal
and nuclear factions. We fear that this single meeting's
recommendations will dictate Department of Energy policy on
hydrogen production.
The coal and nuclear emphasis occurred because of a faulty
process - in which "democratic voting" was fore-ordained
by the makeup of the "Production Panel", which was
dominated by representatives from the coal and nuclear industries.
Unlike other panels, that production panel was only sparsely
represented by persons with a Renewable Energy perspective.
After Mike Nicklas of ASES wrote to Assistant Secretary David
Garman about the issue, Garman replied July 15, saying, "We
encourage the renewable energy community to convene a roundtable
or similar session to review the Roadmap, prepare specific
constructive comments regarding the contents of the draft Roadmap,
and convey appropriate views and comments to the Department
promptly."
Consequently, ASES and Hydrogen Now! are organizing a meeting April
10-11, 2003 to rebut those results, placing an
emphasis on using renewable energy to produce hydrogen. The
results of this meeting are going to be published, as well as
presented to David Garman of the Department of Energy. It will get
the renewable energy story on the record - especially for the
Congressional Committees which will fund any DoE approach to
hydrogen production.
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