June 22, 2004                                                          UC Davis, Buehler Alumni Center

Workshop Overview

Daniel Sperling, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies

Anthony Eggert, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies

Session 1: History of Technological Innovation

The first session set the stage by looking at transitions in technology and related infrastructures in the past and how they might provide insights about a possible transition to hydrogen for transportation in the future

• Andrew Hargadon, UC Davis Graduate School of Management,  R&D and the Design of Technological Revolutions
• Danilo J. Santini, US Department of Energy,  Transitions of Technology: Past Transportation Fuel Switches Relative to the DOE H2 Scenario

Session 2: Hydrogen Demand Modeling

This session covered some initial work on modeling hydrogen demand with presentations by David Greene of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Marshal Miller at UC Davis. They provided some insights and discussed the difficulties such modeling poses.

• Marshall Miller, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies,  Hydrogen Demand Scenarios for Transportation
• David Greene, Paul Leiby, US Department of Energy,  Modeling the Demand for Hydrogen by Light-Duty Vehicles: HYTRANS Methodology

Session 3: Hydrogen Markets and Market Research (Panel Discussion)

The third session is made up of two panels, where participants addressed the major factors that will influence the demand for transportation hydrogen. These panels included representatives with perspectives on the vehicles which create the demand for hydrogen as well as the associated supply infrastructure and the critical interplay between such infrastructure and hydrogen demand, especially in the early part of a transition.

• Kenneth S. Kurani, Thomas S. Turrentine, Reid R. Heffner, and Brett D. Williams, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies,  Constructing Hydrogen Demand: Mining the Past; Prospecting the Future
• Scott Miller, Synovate Motoresearch, Applying the Voice of the Consumer
• Tim Vail, General Motors, Fuel Cell Vehicles and the Hydrogen Economy
• Rick Zalesky, ChevronTexaco
• David McCarthy, Air Products, Hydrogen Pathways

June 23, 2004                                                          UC Davis, Buehler Alumni Center

Session 4: Policy and Environmental Drivers

This session had presentations and a discussion about how hydrogen for transportation fits into the broader policy context and the influence of policy on a potential transition.

• Daniel Sperling, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies
• Jason Mark, Union of Concerned Scientists

Session 5: Hydrogen Demand Drivers  – Structured Discussion

This session brought back the results of the exercise from Day 1 of the workshop and facilitated a discussion of those results in the context of what has transpired over both days of the workshop.

• Discussion notes: Hydrogen Demand Drivers Discussion

Session 6: Concluding Remarks

• Joan Ogden, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, Hydrogen Demand Workshop Summary

Session 7: ITS-Davis Research Poster Session

1. Ryan McCarthy, Assessing the Reliability of Hydrogen Energy Systems
2. Jonathan Weinert, Economic Analysis of Energy Stations and Hydrogen Refueling Equipment
3. Michael Nicholas, Susan Handy, Daniel Sperling, Hydrogen Station Siting Using Geographical Information Systems
4. Nathan Parker, Hydrogen Pipeline Cost Study
5. Gustavo Collantes, Dr. Paul Sabatier, Anthony Eggert, Dr. Joan Ogden, Transitioning to Hydrogen? A Long-Term Study of the Policy Process