8/25/23 - Part 1 - Santa Cruz Metro Board of Directors Meeting

ORAL REPORT ON HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY IN THE MARKET PLACE FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT AND THE ALLIANCE FOR RENEWABLE CLEAN HYDROGEN ENERGY SYSTEMS (ARCHES)Wondimu Mengistu, Capital Planning & Grants Program Manager, spoke to why METRO is looking to hydrogen technology for its operations. He then introduced Jaimie Levin, Director of West Coast Operations, Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) and Scott Brandt, Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation at UC Office of the President and Interim COO of ARCHES.Part one is Mr. Mengistu's quick summary and introduction of Mr. Levin from CTE and Mr. Brandt from ARCHES.The meeting packet is here: https://scmtd.com/images/department/board/archive/minutes/2023/2023.08.25-Regular-Board-Minutes.pdf