News I iCET visits partners in Northern California

Feb.16th–Feb.19th, 2010, Dr. Feng An and Dr. Yufu Cheng took a four days trip to Northern California for meeting partners and discussing potential collaborations. Organizations that were visited include Hewlett Foundation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Terra Global Capital, Energy Foundation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), ClimateWorks Foundation, International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), California Energy Commission (CEC), and The Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis (ITS-Davis). Dr. Feng An and Dr. Yufu Cheng introduced iCET's current project status, and discussed issues with partners on work areas as well as potential collaborations. Particularly, Walter Reichert, Director of International Trade Development of Hewlett-Packard showed strong interests in iCET's Energy and Climate Registry and suggested the HP-China to get involved in this project. Mark Duvall and Mark Aelxandra at EPRI have expressed willingness to joint efforts with iCET in China to work on electric vehicle power grid impact analysis. Dr. Feng An and Dr. Yufu Cheng also met the newly appointed CEC commissioner Anthony Eggert and his advisor Dr. David G. Hungerford to update them various iCET projects.