NGV Research Roadmap
Latest NGV Research Roadmap (NGVRR) news:
- Notice for May 15th California Energy Commission Staff Workshop on the PIER NGVRR (posted April 29, 2008) Agenda
- Please contact Scott Fable or call 510-444-8707 ext. 214, to be placed on our Roadmap e-mail
list. List members will receive notices about Roadmap distribution.
- NGVRR available soon
California Energy Commission Staff Workshop (May 15, 2008)
The California Energy Commission has scheduled a staff workshop for the NGVRR on May 15th, 2008. The purpose of the workshop (as described in the meeting notice):
"This workshop will review the development and recommendations of the draft final NGVRR. The NGVRR serves as a plan for funding NGV research projects and will be periodically updated to reflect the evolving state of NGV development. Thus, this workshop also seeks comments from NGV research stakeholders to identify areas of future refinement of the NGVRR.
"During the workshop, the NGVRR development team will discuss their vision for the NGV market, the recommended sequencing of RDD&D projects, and suggestions for future development of the NGVRR and RDD&D to implement the plan."
The Workshop will be held:
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008
10 a.m.
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
1516 Ninth Street
First Floor, Hearing Room B
Please visit the workshop notice and download the agenda for more information.
NGVRR Background
The California Energy Commission's PIER natural gas research
program is developing a NGV research roadmap and BKi was hired
to lead this effort. This involves active collaboration with other
research institutions, utilities, and government agencies to define
short- mid- and long-term goals and objectives, a gap analysis,
and areas where public funds can be leveraged with other sources.
About $1 million in research funding has been allotted for 2008.
CEC would prefer to leverage these funds in program cost share,
perhaps enticing other agencies/companies to fund a portion of
the research. As such, CEC is interested in funding the most strategically
important and appropriate R&D projects that remove barriers
to NGV market growth.
Timeline for Completion of the NGVRR
We distributed the first draft of the NGV Research Roadmap in
advance of the August 24th NGVRR Workshop at Asilomar. At the
August 24th workshop, NGV stakeholders discussed the R&D ideas
contained in the draft NGVRR, with the goal of identifying the
high priority R&D needs and a sequence in which these needs
are addressed. The notes from the Workshop are available here.
After reviewing comments about the workshop results, we prepared a DRAFT-Final NGVRR and emailed a copy to NGV Stakeholders on January 11, 2008. After incorporating / addressing
comments from the DRAFT-Final NGVRR, the final NGVRR has been submitted to PIER.
Information About the Asilomar NGVRR Workshop (August 24, 2007)
In our ongoing effort to refine and prioritize the R&D needs
that will be identified in the PIERNG Natural Gas Vehicle Research
Roadmap (NGVRR), we scheduled a NGV Research Roadmap workshop
as follows:
Friday, August 24, 2007
1 to 5 pm, Triton Room
Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA
At the Workshop, attending stakeholders worked together to identify
and rank top NGV R&D priorities for the near-term, based on
ideas presented in the draft NGVRR document. The notes from the
Workshop are available here.
Please contact Scott
Fable or call 510-444-8707 ext. 214, to be placed on our Roadmap
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