Sourcebook for Hydrogen Applications Expansion Dissemination APEC EGNRET

Sourcebook for Hydrogen Applications Expansion & Dissemination APEC EGNRET Meeting Chinese Taipei November 1, 2005 Jeffrey Serfass General Manager Partnership for Advancing the Transition to Hydrogen

Rationale • Transition to hydrogen requires comprehensive information sharing • Safety is critical: A hydrogen incident anywhere impacts hydrogen programs everywhere • The most effective means of avoiding and minimizing hydrogen incidents is accessible authoritative information • Sourcebook for Hydrogen Applications contains the information; effective communication of its information is required

Project Benefits • Expand the Sourcebook to capture the global experience and allow us to learn from each other • Produce the Sourcebook in a format with global reach • Reach stakeholders and the public with the information that they need to make informed decisions about hydrogen

Capturing the Global Experience • PATH is obtaining information from APEC economies to include in the Sourcebook • Elements of the required information are: – Understanding of APEC economies’ regulatory processes – Overview of APEC economies’ codes and standards – Brief description of hydrogen demonstrations

What Makes the Sourcebook Project Different? • Develop a document that contains information relevant to a: – Policymaker – Insurer – Local regulatory official – Project developer – Educator (Public) – Researcher – Investor

Methodology • Begin with existing data from North America • Perform literature and Web search • E-mail to in-economy contacts • Fill in gaps • Update Sourcebook for APEC economies

Workshops • Two workshops held to collect and direct communication with standards developers and demonstration teams. – CUERNAVACA, MEXICO • November 22, 2004 • Canada, Japan, Mexico, US – HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I, USA • May 16, 2005 • Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Thailand, US

Mexico Workshop • Questions asked during discussion session: – What is the major driver for the hydrogen energy use in your economy? – What is the major barrier? – What is the major application? – What is the demonstration project required for the major hydrogen application to be realized? – Are codes and standards necessary before you can deploy and conduct your demonstration projects? – Describe your economy’s codes and standards process? – Are you planning to develop hydrogen and fuel cell codes and standards? And if so, will you adopt them from international or other economies’ standards?

Hawai’i Workshop • Following economy presentations, participants engaged in 2 roundtable discussions: Hydrogen Demonstration Projects and Hydrogen Codes and Standards. • Hydrogen Demonstration Projects – Participants were asked to consider: • Does the lack of codes and standards impede the deployment of demonstration projects in your economy? • What recommendations can you provide for future APEC projects? • Hydrogen Codes and Standards – Participants were asked to analyze a list of government roles

Workshop Results • Support for Sourcebook Expansion • Understanding of the varying drivers among economies for hydrogen energy • Discussion of varying primary end-use applications • Understanding of key political, technical, and economic challenges • Highlighted the differences in regulatory structures and current status of adoption of codes and standards for hydrogen energy systems

Workshop Findings • Asia-Pacific Rim has a long term vision for renewable energy and hydrogen – Major barriers must be overcome. • Most APEC economies lack codes and standards necessary for hydrogen and fuel cell commercialization on a large scale. • Lack of uniform codes and standards among economies that have adopted them. • Transition to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies will continue. – The Sourcebook for Hydrogen Applications is a tool to incorporate different economies’ codes and standards in a user friendly program, saving officials valuable time and resources for looking up information. – The Sourcebook can support this transition and be updated on a regular basis to assure the information contained within is reliable.

Sourcebook Updates • • Australia – Australia is not actively pursuing in-economy regulations for hydrogen and is planning to build on existing efforts while maintaining best interest of Australian markets against de facto barriers. Canada – Canadian context has been thoroughly documented in terms of regulatory structure and the approval process. Japan – Japanese section is quite sufficient, although lacking in some key areas: • Extensive description of the regulatory structure in minute detail from within the Japanese context. • Verifying if the content sufficiently assesses the approval process. • Assess whether content is up to date, and of the future plans listed, which plan Japan has decided to implement. Mexico – Mexican content inputs serve as the current template for future APEC member economy additions. Documents a comprehensive program for obtaining approvals in Mexico, and offers information in English and Spanish.

Next Steps • Update the Sourcebook with the information that is coming is from APEC economies (current activity) • Deliver to APEC revised Sourcebook (by 31 December 2005) – Demonstration of interactive features – Will be available for all APEC Economies to use