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Hydrogen Pathways Program Workshops
The Hydrogen Pathways Program hosts two invitation-only workshops each year during which participants from industry, government, and academia discuss topics of interest to the hydrogen community. These workshops are specifically designed to facilitate interaction between program sponsors, topic experts, and program researchers, and help to guide the research agenda of the program.
1. What Have We Learned from The Hydrogen Pathways Program? September 26 - 27, 2006
This workshop summarized the most important findings of the Hydrogen Pathways research program. To facilitate this synthesis, the workshop was organized around a series of key issues facing hydrogen use in transportation. The program included cross-cutting talks from the Hydrogen Pathways research team and viewpoints by other energy experts. Each session also featured a panel discussion where all workshop participants were invited to provide their perspectives on each topic.
2. Hydrogen Societal Benefits and Costs, October 4 - 5, 2005
This workshop explored the key costs and benefits associated with the use of hydrogen as a transportation fuel, including impacts on energy security and greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions. Many presentations reviewed existing benefit cost analyses and discussed the uncertainties in quantifying the externalities of hydrogen and other transportation fuels.
3. Hydrogen Case Studies, June 28 - 29, 2005
This workshop explored various approaches to designing and implementing hydrogen-based transportation systems through the review of several hydrogen case studies. In particular, participants reviewed several specific case studies from around the world, including those developed within the Hydrogen Pathways infrastructure analysis group, as well as projects such as the California Hydrogen Highway Network and the European HyNet project. In addition, the group discussed the policy, economic, and societal drivers that initiate and shape the development of hydrogen case studies, examined alternative approaches and timelines for implementing and designing infrastructure to meet early and growing hydrogen demand, and identified lessons learned.
4. Hydrogen Systems Modeling, September 20 - 21, 2004
This workshop featured presentations by many of the world’s experts in hydrogen systems modeling with an emphasis on modeling how a transition to a hydrogen transportation system might occur. Participants discussed state-of-the-art hydrogen models, compared approaches, and gained insight into future plans for modeling.
5. Hydrogen Demand, June 22 - 23, 2004
This workshop explored the factors that influence hydrogen demand in the transportation sector. Discussions focused on potential hydrogen markets, market research, investment strategies, and environmental and policy considerations. The primary objective was to improve our understanding of the markets for hydrogen and hydrogen fueled vehicles.
6. Transportation and the Hydrogen Economy, March 27, 2003
This workshop was the first sponsor gathering hosted by the Hydrogen Pathways Program. The primary objective was to discuss the key challenges facing the introduction of hydrogen as a transportation fuel and to guide the development of the research agenda for the ITS-Davis program.