February 2006   Vol. XXI   No. 2   ISSN 1080-8019
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Alan Lloyd Retires from California EPA
SACRAMENTO, CA - In a startling development, California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) Secretary Alan C. Lloyd, one of the nation's prime movers on the hydrogen energy scene, announced he will retire from state service for personal reasons, effective the last day of this month.

S. California City Gets First of 30 H2 Priuses to Jump Start Hydrogen Fueling Network
SANTA ANA, CA - Two years in the making, the first of a fleet of 30 Toyota Priuses converted to hydrogen rolled up to a hydrogen pump here for a refill in a program in which five Los Angeles Basin cities will deploy these cars.

The States:

Hydrogen Advances Modestly in Calif., NY Governors' Budget Proposals
SACRAMENTO, CA/ALBANY, NY - Funding for three new hydrogen fueling stations and five hydrogen-fueled buses is included in the 2006/2007 $125.6 billion California state budget that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger presented last month.


Autos:

Ford's Big Tri-Fuel Super Chief Truck is Only New H2 Vehicle at Detroit Auto Show
DETROIT, MI - With most of the alternative-power attention focused on hybrids and flex fuel systems at this year's Detroit Auto Show last month, hydrogen- and fuel cell-based vehicles were only faint blips in the radar screen.


Autos:

Fuel Cells Have Image Problems - and That's a Problem, Says Auto Writer Warren Brown
WASHINGTON, DC/DETROIT - Fuel cells are no longer sexy. And that's a big worry.


DoE News

DoE Announces $119 Million in Fuel Cell Funding, Wants Production R&D Input
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Energy Department plans to make available a grand total of $119 million for automotive fuel cell research over the next five years, and it is seeking comment on a new "roadmap" document intended to identify and solving technical issues in manufacturing fuel cells.


Fuel Cell Developers, Makers Show Wares, Prototypes at Consumer Electronics Show
LAS VEGAS, NV - As if more proof was still needed, fuel cells are worming their way into the market place, as evidenced by the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2006) here last month.

Educational Fuel Cell Developer Heliocentris Sells Systems Package to Bharain University
BERLIN/VANCOUVER BC - More hydrogen stirrings in the Middle East.

Fast Forward: More Pork-Induced Cutbacks