USDOE Officials and EETC Officers Visited Pudong New District Government for Promoting the Development on Zinc-Air Fuel Cell-based E-Bus Project
　

(January 25, Shanghai）Ms. Barbara N. McKee, Director of office of Clean Energy Collaboration, Department of Energy, USA, accompanied by Dr. S. T. Hsieh, managing Director of EETC (The Us/China Energy and Environmental Technology Center ), visits the Pudong new district, Shanghai, PRC on Jan 24 and 25, 2007, for an inspection of the e-bus demonstration project. Dr. Haitao Ding, vice president of the Shanghai Pudong Association for Science Technology (SPAST), receives the US delegation on be half of the Pudong New District Government.

Dr. Ting states that the Pudong New District Government attaches importance to the environmental protection and the development of clean energy; one example is that it was rewarded the “City Star of the National Environmental Protection”. During the “11th Five-Year Plan”, it has become the mission of Pudong to promote recycle economy and to crank up the source-saving resource-conserving and environmental-friendly community. The visiting of DOE officials and EETC officers will help promote the international collaboration, and the informational exchange of environmental protection and utilization of clean energy.

Dr. Ting emphasizes on the government’s initiative in the e-bus demonstration project that is to involve Powerzinc Shanghai and several other foreign companies. This project is to build the strategic alliance among the involved parties and to expect the support from the US.

Ms. McKee pays warm tribute to the visionary strategy and the practical endeavors of the Pudong New District Government in support of the cause of clean energy, especially the Us-China collaboration in e-bus demonstration project. She also introduces some approaches that have been taken by the US government in the area of developing clean energy and forming the policies.

Dr. Hsieh says that EETC, the agency established in 1997 by the USDOE and Chinese Ministry of Science and technology. EETC has since been dedicated to promoting the cause of clean energy and the technology exchange between China. He in particular points out that he has a thorough understanding about Zinc-Air fuel cell, which is a very feasible and economic clean energy technology.

The visitors made a tour in Powerzinc and debriefed a report by Richard Yang, the CEO of Powerzinc, regarding the company’s involvement in the e-bus project. Visitors admired on the achievements accomplished by Powerzinc and wished the success of the e-bus project; they were also invited to board the prototype zinc-air fuel cell bus manufactured by Powerzinc during the tour.

It is said that Pudong government has taken a pragmatic approach to develop clean energy. Although they have demonstrated the ultra-capacitor city bus and kept an eye for the development of hydrogen fuel cell. Today, they have realized that zinc-air fuel cell bus project may be the most feasible project, given the tight spot brought by the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. They have also realized that zinc-air fuel cell technology may be among one of the most economic, reliable and secure technologies. They came to this conclusion after conducting an half-year investigation on Powerzinc and after collecting the expert opinions, including the endorsement from academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the professors from top universities,  the scientists from top institutions, and the foreign experts from the US and Canada.

About Powerzinc

Powerzinc Electric, Inc. is a California-based Hi-Tech company. It is dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of advanced zinc-air fuel cells and entire manufacture facilities, along with fuel cells refuel service platform. Through years of R&D, Powerzinc has achieved significant breakthroughs in zinc-air fuel cell technology and developed the high power, large energy, long-lasting, low cost and environment-friendly power and energy source. Its innovative products - DQFC series of zinc-air fuel cells with creative design and process technology is a totally renewable energy for electric vehicles and various other applications today. 

About Powerzinc Electric (Shanghai), Inc

In Shanghai, China, Powerzinc has established a zinc-air fuel cell manufacturing and service model plant to commercialize the technology and its products. The plant is ready for commercial-scale production. The Company has started supplying DQFC series zinc-air fuel cells to manufacturers of Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters. In the near future, the new series of DQFC zinc-air fuel cells for Electric Buses, Defense and Security, Communication and other applications will be available to the commercial market soon to satisfy the real highly growing demand anywhere in the world.