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NextEnergy Center Provides Detroit Site With
New Hydrogen Fueling Station
NextEnergy, Michigan's non-profit alternative energy
accelerator, has signed an agreement with BP to establish a hydrogen
refueling station at NextEnergy's new facility located in TechTown
in Detroit. The station, expected to be completed in the summer of
2006, will be BP's third in Southeast Michigan and one of several
funded and operated by BP worldwide.
The BP hydrogen station at the NextEnergy Center is supported by
US Department of Energy's five-year fuel cell vehicle and
infrastructure validation effort. The station will enable research
and development partners to work on resolving barriers to offering
hydrogen fuel commercially including the creation of
retail-compatible hydrogen refueling systems and the cost and
feasibility of renewable hydrogen generation. Automotive industry
partners such as DaimlerChrysler Corp. will use the station to
evaluate which hydrogen fuel cell technologies will have the
greatest potential to achieve US Department of Energy hydrogen cost
targets.
"Hydrogen vehicles have great promise as a fuel-efficient,
low-emission means of transportation," said NextEnergy CEO Jim
Croce. "The industry has a lot to learn before fuel-cell vehicles
become a reality for the public. We are excited to partner with BP
to bring our automotive industry partners the resources they need to
perfect fuel-cell vehicles for general use, lessening our dependence
on foreign oil."
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