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Honda Opens Hydrogen Production, Fueling Station TORRANCE, California, July 16, 2001 (ENS) - The first hydrogen production and fueling station in the Los Angeles area has started operation at Honda's research and development center in Torrance. The state of the art station is part of Honda Motor Company's ongoing research into renewable energy. It will support the company's fuel cell vehicle development program and will be used for hydrogen production, storage and fueling. The station uses solar power to extract hydrogen from water, and also has backup electrical power to increase the hydrogen production capacity. A compressor pressurizes the extracted hydrogen and it is stored in tanks at the station. Available solar power can produce enough hydrogen to drive a single fuel cell vehicle for a year. "Fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen fuel have tremendous potential to contribute to the goals of sustainable transportation systems and the use of renewable energy," said Ben Knight, Honda R&D Americas, Inc. vice president. "The development of a hydrogen fuel infrastructure is as important as the development of the vehicles themselves. This is the first hydrogen station established by an automaker to use solar energy to extract hydrogen from water and it will help verify more efficient hydrogen production methods as well as help us solve the challenges involved with hydrogen production and fueling stations for the future." Honda's hydrogen station is a unique design, with features designed to provide safe, efficient and convenient refueling for fuel cell vehicles. An infrared camera monitors operations at all times and the system is designed to shut down in the event of an earthquake. Hydrogen powered Honda fuel cell vehicles have been operational since 1999 and have been participating in the California Fuel Cell Partnership program near Sacramento since November 2000. The Honda FCX V3 running on hydrogen was used as the pace vehicle for this year's Los Angeles Marathon. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
