Third International Hydrail Conference Salisbury, NC | 13-14 August 2007
Conference Presentations Press Coverage
Conference Presentations
Dr. John E. Wear, Catawba College
Welcome to Catawba's Center for the Environment and the role of the Center for the Environment in facilitating renewable technology introduction in North Carolina
Dr. Seky Chang, Korea Railroad Research Institute
Hydrail Projects and Technology in South Korea
Prof. Tarun Huria, Professor and Head of the Department of Rolling Stock Technologies, Indian Railways' Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE)
Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells in Railway
Giovanni Pede, Italian National Agency for Energy and the Environment
Use of series-hybrid drive trains for railway traction, a feasibility study promoted by Ferrovie dello Stato
KEYNOTE: ROBERT ROSE, Executive Director, U. S. Fuel Cell Council
Hydrail, the fuel cell application that's been too long overlooked
Peter Holt, Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society
Surrey, British Columbia: FVHRS's hydrail-powered restoration of a 1900 inter-urban railcar
David Caroll, Charlotte Area Transit System
North Corridor Commuter Rail Project: Powered By Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology?
Bill Thunberg, Mayor, Mooresville NC
Small town, global change — how size matters much less in the information age
Jason Hoyle (on behalf of Denmark HIRC's Claus Torbeson), Appalachian State Energy Center
Danish Hydrogen train and Wind Hydrogen as Hydrail Fuel
Chuck Sathrum, NC State Energy Office
Linking Hydrogen and Hydrail to Local Energy Independence and Job Growth
Rick Hudson, University of NC - Charlotte & Rowan County Economic Development Committee
The Badin Hydroelectric Opportunity -- Enough Renewable Hydrogen to Power Central North Carolina's H2 Trains, Cars and Buses for Years
Dr. Linda Rimer, U.S. EPA
Hydrail and SEQL
KEYNOTE: Secretary William Ross, NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
Sustainable energy and technologies like hydrail are the growth industries of the 21st century
Peter Holt (on behalf of Jim Graebner of American Passenger Transport Association)
The return of the American streetcar: why, where, and how soon
Tom Bartley, ISE Corporation
Adaptability of existing hydrogen bus technology to hydrail streetcar applications
Stan Thompson, Hydrogen Economy Advancement Team
The Engineering Risk of Not Leaping to Hydrogen Streetcars: Who Bought the Last Steam Locomotive
Bill Summers, National Hydrogen Technology Laboratory, US DOE Savannah River National Laboratory
The outlook for mass-produced, carbon-free thermochemical hydrogen for hydrail and other applications
Press Coverage
- Charlotte Observer
- Mooresville Tribune
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