Canadian companies link up to drive alternative fuels

• Book ID: 104437898
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 199 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1464-2859
• DOI: 10.1016/s1464-2859(99)00011-5

✦ Synopsis

Number CD . , " . 'I•••• U eiD Canadian companies link up to drive alternative fuels Petro-Canada, Ballard Power Systems and Methanex have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which, they will work together to prepare for the establishment of a commercially viable fuel distribution network in Canada, to meet the expected future market demand for fuel cell vehicles.

The three companies will collaborate in laying the groundwork for a pilot project involving the supply and distribution of appropriate fuel, starting with methanol to facilitate the introduction of fuel cell vehicles. Ballard is committed -through its alliance with DaimlerChrysler and Ford -to bring fuel cell vehicles to the market by 2004.

Under rhe five-year Memorandum of Understanding, the three companies will work towards establishing a demonstration pilot