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Burlington, VT Embraces Its First Hydrogen Station

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  1. brandon

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    Burlington, VT Embraces Its First Hydrogen Station
    City also welcomes 'green' addition to fleet

    7/4/2006
    Lauren Ober, Burlington Free Press

    http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pb...EWS01/607040312

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    The city welcomed New England's first hydrogen fueling station with much fanfare Monday. As a crowd of about 50 people admired the new fuel pump and hydrogen production plant at Burlington Electric Department on Pine Street, Rep. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., drove up in the state's first hydrogen-powered vehicle, which will use the station to fill up.

    With Sanders, who helped secure a $1 million Department of Energy grant for the project, behind the wheel, the retrofitted 2005 Toyota Prius cruised up to the pump without a sound for the unveiling. Project coordinators then demonstrated the new pump, topping off the car's fuel tank with hydrogen...
     
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  2. Vincent

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    WOW!

    A Prius retrofitted for Hydrogen.
     
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    What is the benefit of hydrogen?

    The electricity consumed to create the hydrogen would be more efficiently used to power a plug-in hybrid instead.

    Then of course, you have to ask about cost. How much did that hydrogen cost and what was the MPG equivalent it delivered?
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(john1701a @ Jul 4 2006, 09:17 AM) [snapback]281013[/snapback]</div>
    Quite a few are already running around in Socal here under AQMD. Last I heard, ~70 miles per tank. Note, this is only using the ICE to combust H2 and not a full-fuel cell system which could be more a bit more efficient.
     
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    The Prius will be on display at the Green Car and Transportation Festival in Ipswich, MA on July 29th ( www.IpswichRenewableEnergy.org ) Harold Garabedian, the Research Director for the sponsoring organization (eVermont) will give an indoor presentation about the car and the new fueling station.
    Come check it out.
     
    #5 Yorstman, Jul 7, 2006
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