Breakthrough Technologies Institute - Fuel Cells 2000

www.fuelcellchallenge.com/client_resources/Fuel%20Cell%20Challenge%20Two%20Pa
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The USC Columbia Fuel Cell Collaborative has issued the Greater Columbia Fuel Cell
Challenge, seeking to engage firms and service providers to partner with the City of
Columbia and USC to complete the design and then implement a groundbreaking plan
that involves unprecedented integration of hydrogen fuel cell technologies into multiple
aspects of the City and University facilities and open spaces. USC, the City of
Columbia, SCRA and EngenuitySC are soliciting ideas from companies and service
providers that may expand how fuel cell applications can be incorporated into this multiyear,
multi-million dollar project. Potential projects may include:
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• Using hydrogen fuel cell technology to power lights along the trails and
hydrogen fuel cell powered utility vehicles in Riverfront Park.
• Using hydrogen fuel cell trams and utility vehicles at Riverbanks Zoo and
Garden.
• Installing stationary fuel cells in communication and utility systems as backup
power sources.
• Use hydrogen fuel cell service/utility vehicles around the City and the USC
campus. USC and the City of Columbia could also use hydrogen fuel cell
buses for public and student transportation.
• Potentially leveraging an existing large wastewater treatment facility to produce
hydrogen and use this hydrogen to power one or more loads at the treatment
facility.
USC Columbia Fuel Cell Collaborative
P.O. Box 50768
Columbia, SC 29250-0768
Phone: (803) 589-9037
E-mail: info@fuelcellchallenge.com
Web: www.fuelcellchallenge.com
7. EMERGING BUSINESS SUPPORT
South Carolina Council on Competitiveness
http://www.competesc.org/cluster.html
http://www.competesc.org/files/Fuel_Cells.pdf
The South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, a public-private partnership formed in
2004, focuses on the development of “clusters of innovation”--groups of interconnected
companies in a similar line of business that collaborate to build and expand their
products and services. South Carolina has several key clusters: apparel, automotive,
aviation, distribution, hydrogen/fuel cells, textiles and travel/tourism. The Fuel Cells
Cluster Committee is currently forming.
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