Portland eyed for fuel-cell car station
A Connecticut company is considering Portland as a site for a new hydrogen filling station that would supply electricity to fuel cell-powered cars.
SunHydro of Wallingford, Conn., had proposed a network of nine service stations stretching from Portland to Miami that would use solar panels and water to produce hydrogen for fuel cell-powered vehicles, according to the Portland Press Herald. An affiliate of the company, Proton Energy Systems, opened the first station in Wallingford last month, and a second is planned for Braintree, Mass. SunHydro officials have been working with Portland-based Hydrogen Energy Center to find a site for a station in Maine, but a specific location hasn't been chosen, according to the paper. Company officials will be in Portland next Tuesday to discuss the proposal.
The "hydrogen highway" project would be the first privately funded network of fuel-cell stations, each of which cost $2 million-$3 million to build. The project is being financed by SunHydro owner Tom Sullivan, also the founder of the Lumber Liquidators flooring chain, which has a location in Scarborough.
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