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Over 2300 participants and 175 exhibiting companies—representing over 36 different countries—attend the annual Fuel Cell Seminar, making it the largest fuel cell meeting in the world!
Participants include technical leaders, scientists, educators, researchers, developers, investors, students and manufacturers of fuel cell products.
Fuel cells are devices that convert the chemical energy from a fuel such as hydrogen gas into electricity that is stored for use as a source of power.
Sessions will focus on progress in utility, residential, vehicle and portable uses of fuel cell technology. Participants, entrepenours, inventors, potential consumers, conractors and suppliers also plan to discuss challenges in costs, fuels, storage, reliability, lifetime and adaptability.
Evento organizers expect more than 2,300 participants and 175 exhibiting companies from 36 different countries are expected to attend, organizers said.
Hydrogen fuel can be created by renewable energy sources such as wind, wave and solar power. supporters believe that Hawaii is the ideal testing ground for the technology.
As part of an overall strategy to reduce the state's dependence on imported oil, Hawaii lawmakers have aimed to set up the islands as a model hydrogen and fuel-cell economy in the United States.
Bipartisan initiatives passed this year would establish the Hawaii Renewable Hydrogen Program and set up an investment capital special fund with $10 million in state money.
Earlier this month, state officials unveiled the first hydrogen fueling station for fuel cell vehicles in Hawaii. The $1.5 million hydrogen fueling station at Hickam Air Force Base is part of an alternative-fuel-vehicle development program that was launched five years ago.
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