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RELEASED
Strategy for the Integration of Hydrogen as a Vehicle Fuel into the
Existing Natural Gas Vehicle Fueling Infrastructure of the Interstate
Clean Transportation Corridor Project
Gladstein, Neandross &
Associates
Subcontract Report NREL/SR-540-38720
September 2005 |
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This paper evaluates the potential for
“piggy-backing” early hydrogen production, dispensing, and consumption
onto the already successfully deployed natural gas vehicle projects
pioneered by the ICTC. In addition, the authors have made recommendations
for five specific demonstration projects (four primary and one alternate)
that use existing ICTC fleets and infrastructure for hydrogen technology
development. If successful, these demonstration projects could help smooth
the way for the integration of hydrogen into the transportation sector by
helping to reduce its cost, establish initial consumers, and provide early
demand for hydrogen production. In addition, this project could provide
the benefit of stimulating the development of technologies that could aid
in accelerating the introduction of hydrogen-capable heavy-duty vehicles,
and will help fill gaps in projected future hydrogen fueling
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Summary of Electrolytic Hydrogen Production
Milestone Completion Report
- April 2004
Johanna Ivy National Renewable Energy LaboratoryThe smaller home systems have a two-fold challenge. First the
capital costs of such systems need to be reduced so that those costs are no longer a major
cost contribution. All electrolysis systems will benefit from a reduction in capital
results as the |
hydrogen economy grows and these systems
are mass produced, but the smaller systems will benefit the most, as the largest
percentage of their hydrogen cost contribution comes from capital costs. Second, a
scenario must exist where systems that require 15-300kW of electricity can negotiate for
industrial electricity prices, as opposed to the costly commercial or residential prices.
Such a scenario may require a shift in the price policies of the power companies.
Another challenge of the electrolysis industry is the
limited hydrogen production rates of the current units. Electrolysis units are sized to
meet the demands of todays hydrogen markets, but in a world where a hydrogen economy
exists, todays systems are too small to take advantage of the potential low cost,
high volume electricity production methods such as wind and nuclear power. In order to
effectively use the large amounts of electricity produced from such systems, electrolyzers
10 to 100 times the size of todays units could be utilized. |
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U.S.
Energy Department Releases Long-Term
Hydrogen Research Plan
U.S. Newswire March
10, 2004
The federal government
will play a key role in accelerating the transition towards the hydrogen economy by
pursuing research to overcome technical challenges. The Posture Plan integrates research,
development and demonstration activities from the DOE renewable, nuclear, fossil and
science offices. |
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U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Regulators Guide to Permitting
Hydrogen Technologies
January 2004 |
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Codes and standards are needed to
ensure safety, as well as to commercialize hydrogen as a fuel. To accomplish its
objectives, staff work with code development organizations, code officials, industry
experts, and national laboratory scientists to draft new model codes and equipment
standards that cover emerging hydrogen technologies for consideration by the various
code-enforcing jurisdictions.
In support of the program objectives, the following guide was developed
through a collaborative effort involving the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA),
the International Code Council (ICC), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Hydrogen
and Fuel Cells Permitting Guide
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
"The
most likely long term candidate for energy storage from the intermittent renewable energy
sources will be hydrogen, which can convert electricity
derived from renewable energy into a fuel, for its
development will also be supported by its potential for transforming transportation and
stationary energy systems worldwide." |
Transitioning To
A Renewable Energy Future
Donald W.
Aitken, Ph.D.
November 2003
commissioned by the International Solar Energy Society, with funding from the
European Union |
The
White Paper presents three major conditions that are driving public policy toward a
renewable energy transition: 1) newly emerging and better understood environmental
constraints; 2) the need to reduce the myriads of risks from easy terrorist targets and
from breakdowns in technologies on which societies depend; and 3) the attractiveness of
the economic and environmental opportunities that will open during the renewable energy
transition. The renewable energy transition will accelerate as governments discover how
much better the renewable energy policies and applications are for economies than the
present time- and resource- limited policies and outmoded and unreliable centralized
systems for power production and distribution. |
- The synergy between hydrogen development and the
application of the renewable energy technologies will be significant. Hydrogen, a clean
energy when burned, will be produced by clean energy resources. And the energy from those
clean resources will be converted to fuel for on-demand clean energy applications, fully
decoupled from renewable energy source fluctuations. The economic and societal values of
both the hydrogen and the renewable energy resources will be enhanced by that synergy. The
parallel renewable energy and hydrogen transitions will be mutually supportive.
- Remote sources of renewable energy in areas of attractive
wind, solar or geothermal energy potential can become hydrogen factories.
- The development of hydrogen fuel and applications will
proceed independently of the renewable energy transition, pulled by the attractive
economic benefits of the hydrogen transition, and pushed by aggressive government
programs, so that by then the hydrogen technology and infrastructure can be expected to be
sufficiently ready to support higher penetration levels of the intermittent renewable
energy resources. The corollary of this argument, though, is that the environmental
success of the hydrogen transition will depend entirely on the utilization of renewable
energy resources instead of the conventional energy sources to produce the hydrogen.
- It is not necessary to have a geothermal energy potential
that could provide a major percentage of overall national energy consumption in order for
geothermal energy to be economically beneficial. In Hawaii, the geothermal energy is
concentrated on the Big Island (Hawaii), while the population center is on the
island of Oahu. The production of hydrogen from electricity produced by geothermal energy
is about to be undertaken on Hawaii as well as in Iceland, heralding a model in which
hydrogen becomes the geothermal energy carrier transported from remote source
locations to population centers and for multiple fueled end-uses.
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European Union
Backs 62 Billion Euro Investment Plan for Transport, R&D
Reuters Foundation December 12, 2003
EU leaders gave their blessing to a 62 billion euros "quick
start" list of priority projects to be launched over the next three years and funded
through a combination of EU and national funds, European Investment Bank loans and private
money. ...The priority list includes projects such as rail tunnels through the Alps,
high-speed railways but also cross-border gas and electricity links and innovative
research projects such as hydrogen power and laser technologies. (click image to
download report)
HLG summary report Hydrogen
energy and fuel cells - a vision for our future [PDF - file 292Kb] The terms of
reference for the High Level Group on Hydrogen and
Fuel Cells requested the preparation of a vision report outlining the research,
deployment and non-technical actions that would be necessary to move from today's
fossil-based energy economy to a future sustainable hydrogen-oriented economy with fuel
cell energy converters. This summary report was produced as a communication to the major
European conference The hydrogen economy a bridge to sustainable
energy held in Brussels on 16-17 June 2003. The summary report
aims to capture a collective vision and agreed recommendations.
-- European Commission |
Report Released:
U.S Climate Change Technology Program
Research
and Current Activities
U.S. Department of Energy November 2003
Within the overall Federal R&D portfolio, these activities are further complemented by
an array of baseline R&D activities, catalogued in a companion report:
Technology
Options for the Near and Long Term
Selected Hydrogen Specific
Sections:
Light Vehicles
Hybrids, Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles
Transit Buses
Urban Duty Cycle, Heavy Vehicles
Zero-Emission
Power, Hydrogen, and Other Value-Added Products
High-Efficiency
Gas Fuel Cell/Hybrid Power Systems
Hydrogen
Production from Nuclear Fission and Fusion
Integrated
Hydrogen Energy Systems
Hydrogen
Production Hydrogen Storage
and Distribution
Hydrogen Use
Hydrogen
Infrastructure Safety R&D
National
Hydrogen Study
A report prepared by ACIL Tasman and Parsons Brinckerhoff
for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Government of Australia October 2003 |
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"The longer-term strategy,
however, is to derive an increasing portion of the hydrogen needed for fuel cells from
renewable sources, such as converting water by electrolysis using wind or solar power,
producing hydrogen from bio-mass or photo-catalytically using sunlight. Production of
hydrogen from coal (with carbon sequestration) and nuclear power (by thermo-chemical
process or electrolysis) is also feasible, and can improve energy security by increasing
energy diversity. Many of the technologies developed for a near-term fossil-based hydrogen
infrastructure would be applicable to a renewable hydrogen infrastructure, easing the
transition to a sustainable hydrogen economy." --
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EUROPEAN UNION
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European
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Projects 1999-2002 This booklet assembles synopses of fuel
cell and hydrogen projects and thematic networks funded under the various Specific
Programmes and covers the whole of the Fifth Framework Programme (1999-2002), ranging from
basic research to large scale demonstration. It also describes the activities directly
undertaken by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in these areas.
Each project is summarised, listing the objectives of the project, the challenges
faced, the approach taken, the exploitation and impact of the work and the results that
have been achieved to date. Some of the projects described have only just started, some
are ongoing and some are nearing completion. Each synopsis contains an information section
where specific details can be found, including the contact point for further information. |
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Fuel Cell Projects
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)
Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFC)
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) Stationary Applications
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) Transport Applications
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) Membrane, Catalyst
Development
Polymer Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) Portable Applications
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC) (all projects)
Fuel Processors (all projects)
Fuel Cell Networks (all projects)
Hydrogen Projects
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November 15 - 16, 2001 Washington, D.C.
Hydrogen Vision Meeting Proceedings - Summary
U.S. Department of Energy
Hydrogen Program
Production,
Graham Batcheler, Texaco Energy Systems
Transport/Infrastructure,
Arthur Katsaros, Air Products and Chemicals
Storage,
Alan Niedzwiecki, Quantum Technologies, Inc.
Fuel Cells,
William Miller, UTC Fuel Cells
End-Use,
Byron McCormick, General Motors; and Arthur Smith, NiSource, Inc.
Hydrogen and Climate, Dr.
Jae Edmonds, Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory
September 2000
Strategic Plan for
Distributed Energy Resources
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Office of Fossil Energy
January 2000
Blueprint
for Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure Development
U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory
This Blueprint for Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure
Development is based on a workshop held in October 1999. The workshop, co-sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and the
California Energy Commission (CEC), posed the question: What has to be done, beginning
today, to implement a hydrogen fuel infrastructure so that when hydrogen vehicles become
market-ready in 35 years, the infrastructure needed for on-board direct use of
hydrogen will be available? The workshop did not specifically
address the issue of fuel choice (direct hydrogen versus on-board reforming of a liquid
fuel). Although the participants acknowledged that fuel choice is an open issue, the
workshop focused on near-term direct hydrogen systems with on-board hydrogen storage. This
near-term focus does not preclude longer-term concerns, such as climate change and the
sustainable use of resources. In fact, if this Blueprint is successful in addressing the
near-term question, it will also help to enable optimal carbon management strategies and,
eventually, result in the decoupling of energy use and environmental pollution in the
transportation sector. This Blueprint is based on a consensus among the workshop
participants on the desirable attributes of a hydrogen fuel infrastructure, as well as on
an estimate of the number, type, and uses of hydrogen vehicles anticipated in the
20002005 time period. This Blueprint also explores how addressing near-term
requirements and barriers will facilitate establishment of a commercial-scale hydrogen
fuel infrastructure.
October 7, 1999
OSHA
Report on TECO's Gannon Plant Explosion
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, Tampa Area Office
When a generator is off or on turning gear and is being
purged of hydrogen gas prior to work being performed on that unit, the General Electric
Thermal Conductivity Gas Analyzer is used by an Auxiliary Operator (AO) to determine
percent hydrogen in carbon dioxide, percent hydrogen in air and percent air in carbon
dioxide. With hydrogen being a potentially explosive gas and carbon dioxide being a
potential asphyxiate gas the calibration and use of the Gas Analyzer is important. ...The
purge procedure in the Operator Handbook needs to also call for the hydrogen dryer purge
and liquid level detector purge. ...Unit #6 was 13 (thirteen) days into the scheduled
outage, at the time of the explosion, and the Hydrogen had not been purged from the
generator. Normally the Hydrogen is purged from the generator following tagging and
clearance from Palm River Operations, or about 2 or 3 days into the outage. The morning
briefing on April 8th did not inform the crew or the experienced maintenance mechanics
which just arrived at the Gannon facility on the morning of April 8th, that the Hydrogen
was in the generator for an extended period of time, or that the purging of the generator
had failed to be performed by the date and time indicated on the outage schedule. ...On
April 8th, 1999, four experience maintenance mechanics joined the crew that was
already working at the Gannon Unit #6. Upon their arrival at their work locations it was
obvious that the Turbines and the Generator were in various stages of disassembly. In
particular the disassembly and removal of the Doghouse at the North end of the Generator
indicated to the experienced mechanics that the outage was well under way and that they
could continue the dismantling of the equipment that they came there to work on. The
Gannon #6 Generator Disassembly/Inspection Procedure indicates that the removal of the
Doghouse is normally done after the Generator is purged of Hydrogen and Turbine oil pumps
and Hydrogen seal oil pumps are tagged out. The April 8th morning briefing did
not inform the experienced mechanics, or any of the other crew members that there were
deviation in the Generator Disassembly/Inspection Procedures, so nobody on the crew had
any reason to suspect that Hydrogen was still in the Generator, or that any other special
precautions were necessary.
November 1998
Costs of Storing and
Transporting Hydrogen - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Wade A. Amos
The purpose of this report is to analyze the capital and
operating costs associated with storing and transporting hydrogen. It mentions some future
trends in hydrogen storage and transportation, but concentrates on current commercial
processes. The storage techniques considered are liquid hydrogen, compressed gas, metal
hydride, and underground storage. The modes of transportation examined are liquid hydrogen
delivery by truck, rail, and barge; gaseous hydrogen delivery by truck, rail, and
pipeline; and metal hydride delivery by truck and rail.
October 9, 1998
Impacts of
the Kyoto Protocol on U.S. Energy Markets and Economic Activity
Energy Information Administration's Analysis and Report Prepared for the Committee on
Science, U.S. House of Representatives
There are three ways to reduce energy-related carbon
emissions: reducing the demand for energy services, adopting more energy-efficient
equipment, and switching to less carbon-intensive or noncarbon fuels. To reduce emissions,
a carbon price is applied to the cost of energy. The carbon price is applied to each of
the energy fuels relative to its carbon content at its point of consumption. Electricity
does not directly receive a carbon fee; however, the fossil fuels used for generation
receive the fee, and this cost, as well as the increased cost of investment in generation
plants, is reflected in the delivered price of electricity. In practice, these carbon
prices could be imposed through a carbon emissions permit system...
Chapter 1 of this report provides background discussion of the Kyoto Protocol and the
framework and methodology of the analysis. Chapter 2 summarizes the energy market results
from the various carbon reduction cases. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 analyze in more detail the
issues and results for the end-use demand sectors, the electricity generation sector, and
the fossil fuel supply markets, respectively. Chapter 6 provides the results of EIA's
analysis of the macroeconomic impacts of carbon reduction under different monetary and
fiscal policy assumptions. Chapter 7 compares the results of this study with those from
other studies of the costs of carbon reduction, with accompanying tables in Appendix C.
Appendix B includes the detailed energy market results from the carbon reduction cases.
Completed Report
in PDF Format (5.1 MB)
July 1, 1998
Status
and Prospects of Fuel Cells as Automobile Engines
A report of the California Air Resources Board Fuel Cell Technical
Advisory Panel
Dr. Fritz Kalhammer, Dr. Vernon Roan, Dr. Gerald Voecks, Dr. Paul Prokopius
CONCLUSIONS: "Hydrogen is not a feasible fuel
for private automobiles now nor in the foreseeable future because of the difficulties and
costs of storing hydrogen on board and the very large investments that would be required
to make hydrogen generally available." The Panel determined that all leading auto manufacturers and fuel
cell developers have selected Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) technologies for their
programs. Therefore, the Panel's investigation focused on PEM fuel cell technology and
systems. The Panel evaluated information on the current and projected performance of PEM
fuel cell stacks, fuel processors and other fuel cell components and subsystems, and
issues related to the integration of all components and subsystems into fuel cell powered
vehicles. Fuel options and related technical and infrastructure issues were also
investigated by the Panel. The Panel has made findings and conclusions in several areas,
including: (1) the state of development of candidate PEM fuel cells, (2) corporate
development capabilities and commitments, and (3) prospects for commercial availability of
fuel cell powered vehicles within the next five to ten years. -- from CARB
April 22, 1998
Technology
Opportunities to Reduce U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Department of Energy
Admiral Richard Truly, director of the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, and Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece, director of the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, co-chaired the technology study. The participating labs were Argonne National
Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Federal Energy Technology Center, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
and Sandia National Laboratories. The 11 laboratory directors recommend that the federal
government lead a vigorous national push to develop energy technologies during the next
three decades to achieve a major reduction in the risk of global warming. While the study
does not recommend specific funding levels for technology research, development and
deployment, it estimates some increases will be needed to push critical technologies to
the commercialization stage. A report issued last year by the President's Committee of
Advisors on Science and Technology reached a similar conclusion about the need for
increased investment in energy research and development. Also, government-industry
partnerships are essential, the laboratory study says, to overcome scientific, technical
and commercial challenges to developing the recommended technologies. -- from DOE press release R-98-051
Proceedings of the Fuel Cells 97 Review Meeting -
U.S. Department of Energy, FETC
The Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC)
sponsored the Fuel Cells '97 Review Meeting on August 26-28, 1997, in Morgantown, West
Virginia. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an annual forum for the exchange of
ideas and discussion of results and plans related to the research on fuel cell power
systems. The total of almost 250 conference participants included engineers and scientists
representing utilities, academia, and government from the U.S. and eleven other countries:
Canada, China, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, Taiwan, and the
United Kingdom.
- Results of FETC Pre-Workshop Survey
- Douglas F. Gyorke, Federal Energy Technology Center
EPRI Assessment of Fuel Cell R&D Needs
Daniel M. Rastler, Electric Power Research Institute
GRI Basic Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research
Kevin Krist, Gas Research Institute
The DOE Fuel-Cell AR&TD Program
Mark C. Williams, Federal Energy Technology Center
Fuel Cell Opportunities in the Division of Materials Sciences, Office of
Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
Richard D. Kelley, U.S. Department of Energy
DARPA Advanced Energy Technologies
Robert Nowak, U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovation Research Program
Charles F. Cleland and Ruth Lange, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Climate Change Fuel Cell Program Fact Sheet
- Mark Williams and Diane Hooie, Federal Energy Technology Center
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- Developing the Second-Generation Fuel Cell, The Energy Research Project Fact
Sheet
- Bernard Baker, Energy Research Corporation
- Mark Williams, Federal Energy Technology Center
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- Developing the Second-Generation Fuel Cell, The M-C Power Project Fact Sheet
- Elias Camara, M-C Power Corporation
- Mark Williams, Federal Energy Technology Center
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- Developing the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fact Sheet
- Stephen Veyo, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Mark Williams, Federal Energy Technology Center
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- Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Project Fact Sheet
- Stephen Veyo, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Mark Williams, Federal Energy Technology Center
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- Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell Commercialization Fact Sheet
- Frederick L. Whitaker, ONSI Corporation
- Mark C. Williams, Federal Energy Technology Center
February 1996
Ongoing DOE Research and Development Relevant to the
Refining Industry
The survey was undertaken to provide refining industry
organizations, such as the American Petroleum Institute, the National Petroleum Refiners
Association and the Petroleum Environmental Research Forum, and individual companies with
a concise summary of ongoing R&D sponsored by DOE and other agencies that is relevant
to their interests. The survey thus is an important input into the ongoing dialogue
between the industry and DOE that seeks to identify the industry's research and
development interests and needs and the potential benefits of an industry-driven
partnership program with DOE.
Hydrogen Recovery, Production and
Storage
Production
of Hydrogen from Municipal Solid Waste
Hydrogen
Storage in Engineered Microspheres
Sorption
Enhanced Reaction (SER) Process for Production of Hydrogen
Recovery
of Hydrogen from Hydrogen Sulfide
High
Efficiency Stationary Hydrogen Storage
Development
of Solid Electrolytes for Water Electrolysis at Intermediate Temperatures
Solar
Photocataytic Hydrogen Production from Water Using a Dual Bed Photosystem
Production
of Hydrogen by Thermocatalytic Cracking of Natural Gas
Novel
Materials for Hydrogen Storage
Organic
Aerogels for Hydrogen Storage
Microbes
and Bioreactors for Photobiological Hydrogen
Biomass
to Hydrogen via Pyrolysis and Reforming
Development
of an Efficient Algal Hydrogen-Producing System
Water
Splitting via Direct Conversion
Carbon
Dioxide Fixation and Photoevolution of Hydrogen and Oxygen in a Mutant of Chlamydomonas
Lacking Photosystem I
Renewable
Production of Hydrogen
Enzmatic
Production of Hydrogen from Glucose-1
Hydrogen
Production from Methane Reforming in a Membrane Reactor
Improved
Metal Hydride Technology for the Storage of Hydrogen
Storage
and Delivery System Engineering
Lightweight
Hydride Storage Materials Development
Production
of HBR from Bromine and Steam for Off-Peak Electrolytic Hydrogen Generation
Hydrogen
Production from High-Moisture Content Biomass in Supercritical Water
Photoelectrochemical
Production of Hydrogen
Nonclassical
Polyhydride Metal Complexes for Hydrogen Storage
Establishment
of the International Marine Biotechnology Culture Collection
National
Laboratory Capabilities Matrix
September 1996
Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 1994,
Volume 2 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Energy Information Administration Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate
Fuels
The Earth's atmosphere has been transformed slowly, as
human activity has pumped into it billions of tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as
carbon dioxide, water vapor, and large amounts of other gases that absorb the heat energy
emitted from Earth's surface, not to mention the addition of anthropogenic heat (i.e.,
direct heat generated by human activities) from burning of fossil fuels, including
transportation fuels, and operation of almost all equipment... Except for methanol, the
vehicle (end-use) portion of the fuel cycle accounts for at least 80 percent
of total fuel cycle carbon dioxide emissions. This suggests that examining actions to
reduce greenhouse gases as a direct result of vehicle use is justified.
International Fuel Cell
Activities
Dr. Pandit G. Patil, Director, Office of Advanced Vehicle Technologies, U.S. Department of
Energy - Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Solar and Electric Vehicles '95
Symposium and Expo, Providence, Rhode Island November 13-15, 1995
Fuel cells can dramatically increase the efficiency of
the propulsion system to as high as 50-55 percent from about 23 percent for today's
conventional vehicles over the Federal Test Procedure driving cycle. This high efficiency,
very low emissions, fuel flexibility, and other favorable characteristics of fuel cells
(such as low noise and vibration) create significant market opportunities over the entire
spectrum of transportation applications. In fact, fuel cells can be applied to all areas
of surface transportation that now use internal combustion engines, from heavy-duty
trucks, buses, locomotives, and ships to passenger cars, light trucks, and vans. The focus
of near-term markets for fuel cell vehicles will be urban areas having severe
air-quality problems.
The New Generation of
Vehicles: Market Opportunities for Fuel Cells
Steven G. Chalk, Pandit G. Patil, Office of Transportation Technologies, U.S. Department
of Energy; S. R. Venkateswaran, Energetics, Incorporated - Fourth Grove Fuel Cell
Symposium, London, England September 19-22, 1995
The U.S. Government is working closely with industry and
research institutions in pursuing a strategy of aggressive research and development
(R&D) to accelerate the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles. The U.S. Department
of Energy has the lead federal agency role in this fuel cell technology development
effort. R&D activities are focused on overcoming the major technical, economic, and
infrastructure-related hurdles. The high efficiency, very low emissions, and other
favorable characteristics of fuel cells (such as fuel flexibility, low noise, and
vibration) create significant market opportunities for fuel cells over the entire spectrum
of transportation applications. While the focus of near-term markets for fuel cell
vehicles will be urban areas having severe air-quality problems, long-term market
prospects are encouraging since fuel cell vehicles can compete on an even ground with
conventional vehicles in all key aspects, including vehicle range and refueling.
Hydrogen: Technology and Policy
Daniel Morgan, Consultant and Fred Sissine,
Specialist in Energy Science, Technology and Policy
Report for Congress April 28, 1995
Hydrogen could be used for electrical
transmission by replacing long-distance transmission cables with a system of electrolysis
plants, hydrogen pipelines, and a fuel cells. Electricity at the source would be used to
produce hydrogen, which would be piped to the demand center and used to produce
electricity again. Some analysts expect this method to be more efficient than conventional
overhead power lines for long transmission distances, starting somewhere between 1000 and
2250 kilometers.(62) The rationale is that gas losses in pipelines are enough lower than
resistive losses in power lines to outweigh energy losses in the
electricity-hydrogen-electricity conversion process. Other possible advantages of hydrogen
pipelines might include improved ability to control and direct the flow of energy.
The Department of Energy's
Role in the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
Dr. Pandit G. Patil, Director, Office of Advanced Vehicle Technologies, U.S. Department of
Energy - 27th International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation (ISTA),
Aachen, Germany October 31-November 4, 1994
The Department of Energy, one of seven contributing
federal agencies to the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) Initiative,
has the technical expertise, facilities (national laboratories), and resources that can
help achieve the goals of the Partnership. The Department has several on-going research
and development programs with several consortia of the U.S. Council for Automotive
Research (USCAR) including the Low Emissions Partnership, the U.S. Automotive Materials
Partnership, and the National Fuel Cell Alliance. These Department of Energy programs
include research in advanced engine technologies, fuel cells, hybrid vehicles, alternative
fuels, advanced energy storage, advanced manufacturing, lightweight materials, and
emission control. These activities will support the Partnership in identifying and
developing the most promising technologies with the potential to meet rigorous technical
and cost requirements of the PNGV. DOE-auto industry programs are implemented
through cost-shared contracts and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
(CRADAs). A Master CRADA has been developed for all PNGV efforts to speed up the
implementation process and eliminate the need to renegotiate the general terms for these
agreements for each individual CRADA.
Fuel Cell Road Traction: An
Option for a Clean Global Society
Dr. Pandit Patil (DOE) and Dr. Pieter Zegers (Commission of the
European Communities Energy Conversion R&D Committee) - Third Grove Fuel Cell
Symposium, London, England September 28- October 1, 1993
Government and industry around the globe are currently
faced with the challenge of meeting a rapidly growing demand for transportation services
while minimizing the adverse energy and environmental impacts. Within the last decade,
fuel cells have emerged as one of the most promising technologies to meet this challenge
(by potentially replacing the internal combustion engine in all areas of ground
transportation). Accordingly, both the United States and the European Community have
assigned a high priority to the research and development of fuel cell technology and, in
collaboration with the private sector, have established a wide range of programs to
accelerate the development and commercialization of fuel cells for transportation. This
paper discusses the development plans and strategies of the United States and the European
Community, the progress achieved to date, and the potential of fuel cells to contribute to
a successful transition toward a clean global society.
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"Unless the Western democracies institute aggressive
programs to develop renewable energy resources now, all future
democratic policy will by necessity be based upon access to
diminishing supplies of oil - the great majority held by Middle
Eastern dictatorships. Hence, freedom will be lost and foreign
dictators will rule the West by proxy."
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HAWAII
(from a comment by the BBC to Sheik Yamani, who brought about the
1973 Arab Oil Embargo) 2002
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"It could well be that the first country
to seriously address the issues of creating a market for renewables
would become the central location for a major new international
business sector - with all the positive consequences that carries in
terms of economic activity and employment."
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Rodney Chase
CEO BP
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"We all share the responsibility for carrying out this project, for
the assumption of responsibility is part of the dignity of human
beings."
Juergen Shrempp
Chairman
DaimlerChrysler
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"General Motors absolutely sees the long-term future of the world
being based on a hydrogen economy.”
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Larry Burns
Director of R&D
General Motors
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