March 2004

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WEST SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Fuel Cell Partnership plans to add more fuel cell vehicles to the 41 that are currently operating on California roads.

And, says a mid-February announcement about the partnership's goals for this year, more hydrogen fueling stations will be built as well. Other goals include the promotion of "common fit" fueling station/vehicle fueling protocols; train 100 community emergency response personnel; help develop codes and standards; publish resource and information materials that will help members and California communities implement demonstration programs, and other activities.

"As fuel-cell powered cars and buses move into the hands of real-world users, we will gather extremely valuable operating data and lessons," said Firoz Rasul, chairman of Ballard Power Systems and the partnership's chair this year (H&FCL Nov. 03).

One principal target for the 30-member organization is to have up to 300 fuel cell vehicles in fleet operations in the state by 2007, principally in the metro area of greater Los Angeles and in the San Francisco-Sacramento region. Contact: CAFCP, Joe Irvin (media), 916/371-2899; jirvin@cafcp.org