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 Sanders announces $1 million grant for hydrogen fueling station
Publication Date:21-December-2005
10:00 AM US Eastern Timezone 
Source:Associated Press 

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A hydrogen fueling station will be built to convert electric energy and water into hydrogen fuel with a $1 million grant announced Wednesday by Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

The hydrogen fuel will be used to supply a car retrofitted to run on hydrogen.

The car, a Toyota Prius, will be nearly free of emissions, Sanders' office said.

The project will a testing ground for hydrogen automotive technology in cold climates, Sanders said.

"Using hydrogen fuel has the potential to nearly eliminate emissions from our cars and to help break our dependence on imported oil," Sanders said. "One of the important challenges in developing hydrogen-fueled vehicles is making sure that they perform well in cold weather states."

The station on Pine Street will extract hydrogen from water and dispense it into a hybrid-test car.

The Burlington Electric Department will provide the electricity.

The system and car are expected to be running by the spring.

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