Wallingford gas supplier Proton Onsite is replacing its ambitious plans for an East Coast “Hydrogen Highway” with a more modest plan for hydrogen refueling stations clustered around the Northeast, its chairman says.
Proton Chairman Tom Sullivan says the target for a string of fueling stations for hydrogen fuel cell cars from Maine to Miami has been replaced by plans to stations around the Northeast.
Sullivan, who also founded the Lumber Liquidators flooring chain, made the announcement Tuesday morning at Farmington law firm Levy & Droney’s annual Connect 2011 breakfast at the New Britain Museum of Art.
A hydrogen-fueling cluster in one region makes people feel more secure in buying a fuel cell vehicle, Sullivan said.
The original concept behind the Hydrogen Highway was to increase use of hydrogen fuel cell cars; therefore, boosting Proton’s business of supplying hydrogen systems.
Proton’s sister company SunHydro operates the stations, which are powered by solar electric.
Sullivan said he doesn’t believe the SunHydro business model will become profitable in his lifetime, but he believes it is an important step toward moving the country into alternatively fueled vehicles.
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