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Methanol Foundation
About the Methanol Foundation
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Date:
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March 24, 1999
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| Organization:
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Methanol Foundation |
| IRS
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501
(c) (3); All contributions are tax deductible |
| Address:
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800
Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 620
Washington, DC 20006 |
| Contacts:
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John
E. Lynn, President & CEO
Methanol Institute |
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(202)
467-5050 |
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(202)
331-9055 |
| Description:
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The
Methanol Foundation is a non-profit educational and scientific
organization dedicated to supporting the greater use of methanol as
a clean energy resource. The Foundation focuses the scientific and
educational resources of public, private, non-profit and academic
organizations to advance technologies for methanol production and
use. |
Background Information
The Methanol
Foundation is a non-profit educational and scientific organization dedicated
to supporting the greater use of methanol as a clean energy resource.
The Foundation focuses the scientific and educational resources of public,
private, non-profit and academic organizations to advance technologies
for methanol production and use. The Foundation also promotes efforts
to educate the public and academia on the environmental benefits of the
use of methanol and its derivatives. The Methanol Foundation
will accept unsolicited proposals, respond to competitive solicitations,
and join in consortia research projects.
To have a favorable
impact on air quality and energy security, an alternative fuel must be
reliable and capable of use in various applications. Methanol is a very
effective motor vehicle fuel, powering Indy 500 race cars, and used in
over 15,000 cars and buses across the country. Derivatives of methanol
are blended with gasoline to produce oxygen-rich, cleaner-burning Reformulated
Gasoline. The addition of methanol derivatives to gasoline largely displaces
toxic chemicals from vehicle emissions, decreasing the levels of benzene,
carbon monoxide, and other pollutants from entering the atmosphere. Methanol
can take advantage of the existing delivery system for liquid fuels, such
as gasoline, and employ new technologies to ensure its availability to
the general public.
Americans have always
turned to technology for solutions to our most vexing problems. To improve
air quality and reduce our dependence on imported oil, methanol fuel cell
technologies are rapidly emerging as viable solutions. Fuel cell technology
involves a process that converts the chemical energy of a fuel like methanol
to electricity without burning the fuel. Major automakers such as General
Motors, Ford, Daimler-Benz and Toyota are working to commercialize methanol
fuel cell vehicles by the year 2004.
For over a decade,
methanol has been used in transit buses. Recently, the Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority began switching up to 330 alcohol-fueled
buses from ethanol to methanol operation. Georgetown University has taken
methanol fuel cell technology and applied it to transit buses. As a leader
in the development of methanol fuel cell buses, Georgetown University
has successfully demonstrated that methanol fuel cell buses have a similar
range to their diesel-fueled predecessors. Furthermore, the exhaust emissions
of the methanol fuel cell bus approach zero, and the overall energy-efficiency
of the bus enables methanol to effectively compete with other alternative
fuels.
In Pasadena, California,
researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are developing innovative
methanol fuel cell technologies with a wide range of potential applications.
From laptop computers and cellular phones, lawnmowers and portable generators,
to cars and buses, JPL's fuel cell technology may open broad new consumer
markets for methanol fuels.
Fuel cells and other
new methanol technologies offer great promise for the future. It is vital
that our industry participate and encourage public-private research endeavors
that accelerate research and development of new applications of methanol.
The Methanol
Foundation will work closely with the Methanol Institute (MI)
to target appropriate research and education projects. The Methanol
Institute serves as the voice of the methanol industry in Washington and
across the country. Since 1989, MI has worked to support the use of clean
reformulated and oxygenated gasolines, promote the use of methanol as
an alternative fuel, and encourage the development of emerging methanol-powered
fuel cells.
The Methanol
Foundation seeks to further the past accomplishments of MI. The Foundation
proposes to collaborate with MI Member Companies, other methanol producers,
methanol industry service companies, natural gas suppliers and distributors,
automobile manufacturers, technology developers, government agencies,
and other not-for-profit foundations. The adoption of innovative technologies
like methanol fuel cells will require broad-based consumer education,
and training for the next generation of engineers and scientists. The
Methanol Foundation intends to allocate its resources to achieve
this challenge, in conjunction with diverse research and development initiatives.
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