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The 'Stimulus Bill' has created an
enormous new public investment in alternative energy technologies - and
the race to take full advantage of its provisions is on.
The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 totals more than 400
pages, and the NHA's Policy and Government Affairs team has cataloged
each potential opportunity in the package related to hydrogen and fuel
cells. In this special webinar event, Jerry Hinkle, NHA's VP of Policy,
will explain in detail the suite of new opportunities available, and
answer your questions in an extended Q&A session.
 Jerome Hinkle
Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs
National Hydrogen Association
During 2003 to early 2006, Mr. Hinkle was a senior advisor to U. S. Senator Byron Dorgan as a Brookings Fellow from the Department of Energy. He focused on energy and environmental policy, especially with regard to the various energy bills in the Congress from 2003-2005. He was responsible for helping form and manage the Senate’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus, and supporting Senator Dorgan in drafting and negotiating much of the hydrogen legislation in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Besides hydrogen, he worked extensively on other titles of the Act, including Energy Efficiency, Coal, Indian Energy, and Vehicles and Fuels.
During 2006-7, he has made many presentations on these topics to industry groups and the Congress in addition to writing several reports on hydrogen systems, while continuing to write and negotiate legislation on advanced technologies and market development. His legislative work for NHA includes alternative energy, market transition, tax incentives and greenhouse gas legislation in both the Senate and the House.
He served for 28 years at EPA and DoE in various capacities, including prototype engines and alternative fuels, environmental policy, international energy security, oilfield CO2 management, and most recently as the senior economist for the U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserves. His interests include carbon management and renewable energy. His career also includes aerospace engineering and research physics, with a varied education — degrees in mathematics and physics from Miami University and public policy from the University of Michigan, with extensive graduate work in international politics and engineering economics from Stanford, Michigan and the Colorado School of Mines.
DLA's $100M/year R&D portfolio included a significant amount of energy-related projects. During his last 4 years as R&D Chief, John planned and executed a number of R&D efforts related to Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, including; A congressionally mandated study related to the potential DOD use of hydrogen and fuel cells; investments in Solid Hydrogen Storage; soliciting the 4 DLA forklift pilots that you'll hear about today; leading a federal Community of Interest on Hydrogen Energy Technologies; and beginning an effort to apply the DOD-developed Manufacturing Readiness Levels to fuel cell manufacturing ."
John holds a BS in Environmental Engineering from the Univ of Florida, A Masters of Science in Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, a Masters of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and a Professional Engineering license from the State of Minnesota. John is based in the Washington DC area and has been a part of the DOE Market Transformation effort since October 2007.
Pete directs all activities related to research projects for manufacturing technologies as well as lead the Program’s efforts to foster early technology adoption by government and industry. Pete has been responsible for research and development in alternative fuel technologies including hydrogen production for seven years at DOE. Also at DOE for eight prior years, he worked on developing technologies for nuclear energy systems. Pete spent the first 12 years of his career in private industry engineering components of large energy production systems using nuclear, coal, and petroleum sources. Trained as an industrial engineer, Pete received a Bachelors of Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1979.in communications at The George Washington University. She lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband and two young children.
Please direct all inquiries to:
Kyle Gibeault
Program Coordinator
National Hydrogen Association
gibeaultk@hydrogenassociation.org
202-223-5547 x327 |
