Virginia Hydrogen Economy Roundtable Media Releases |
Virginia Clean Cities manages the Virginia Hydrogen Economy Roundtable which developed Virginia's Vision for the Hydrogen Economy. The roadmap recommends actions to foster the development of a hydrogen economy in Virginia. Five actions were recommends actions to foster the development of a hydrogen economy in Virginia and to help focus Virginia's continuing efforts:
• Educate Virginia's future workfoce, focusing on K-12 education
• Leverage the research and development (R&D) potential of Virginia's academic institutions
• Invest in hydrogen demonstration projects with high visbility
• Foster parnership building
• Coordinate policies and incentives to drive the building of a hydrogen economy in Virginia
Teacher training workshops are being held throughout the state, and are designed to support Virginia Science Standards of Learning and provide educators with tools to return to their classrooms to integrate energy and hydrogen into their curriculum. Participating schools receive the H2 Educate curriculum and hands-on kits created by the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project.
Educating Virginia's future workfoce and focusing on K-12 education was considered a priority item because student education is a key component to broadcasting the hydrogen message and developing a knowlegeable, involved hydrogen support network. In order to avoid our past from continuing to define our future, a targeted technology and applications level education program for students and teachers was developed and inspired by the hydrogen cirriculum already developed and pilot tested by NEED (under a grant from DOE). Need training programs are endorsed by the Science Museum of Virginia.
The firest workshop was held at the Science Museum of Virginia, and a media event was held prior to lunch. The press release is linked below. |
Biodiesel Retail Infrastructure and Marquee Fleets Media Releases |
| The Biodiesel Retail Infrastructure and Marquee Fleets Project seeks to offer economic and other incentives to encourage more widespread introduction of public retail and commercial biodiesel fueling infrastructure and to prepare for and encourage the introduction of biodiesel blends to marquee fleets that can serve as public examples and attract news coverage. As part of this project, Virginia Clean Cities helped fund infratrucutre improvements for PAPCO Energy, Inc. in order to prepare for biodiesel retail introduction. This resulted in the opening of the first publicly accessible biodiesel station in Virginia Beach. The opening of the station was the catalyst for Viginia Beach Public Schools to transition to B20 in all of the buses that refueled at the PAPCO station -- some 200 school buses. The press release is linked below. |
Press Releases by Other Organizations Related VaCC/HRCCC Projects |
The press release linked below was created by the National Biodiesel Foundation to announce grant receipients for biodiesel fuel quality awareness workshops. Virginia Clean Cities was a recipient of the competitive award and will host 3 fuel quality seminars during the fall of 2007. Visit our Virginia Biodiesel Fuel Quality Seminar page to learn more about the events. |
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