佛州第二座氫氣汽車加油站7 日在奧蘭多(Orlando)東北約10英里的奧維多市(Oviedo)正式揭幕,而其第一座氫氣加油站則在5月開幕。
佛州環保局局長索爾(Michael Sole)偕同福特汽車公司、英國石油(BP America)、佛州進步能源公司(Progress Energy Florida)以及美國能源部高級主管們都參與盛會,為新的氫氣加油站正式揭開序幕。
索爾表示,「藉由使用最先進的科技,我們展示了佛州未來在替代能源方面的力量。」氫氣示範計畫是2004年美國能源部一項新倡議的其中一個部分。同年,英國石油公司和福特汽車選擇了陽光之州作為美國3個不會製造污染的氫氣燃料電池車示範地區之一。
Florida's second hydrogen vehicle fueling station was opened with a ceremony today in the city of Oviedo, about 10 miles northeast of Orlando, where the state's first hydrogen station opened in May.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, DEP, Secretary Michael Sole joined executives from Ford Motor Company, BP America, Inc., Progress Energy Florida and the United States Department of Energy to officially open the new fueling station.
"By using state-of-the-art technology we are demonstrating the power of alternative energy in Florida's future," said Sole.
The hydrogen demonstration project is part of an initiative unveiled in 2004 by the U.S. Department of Energy. That same year BP and Ford selected the Sunshine State as one of three sites in the nation to demonstrate pollution free hydrogen fuel cell cars.
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