Could ammonia also be
the clean fuel of the future?
A version of this article appears in print on November 1, 1989, on Page D00009 of the National edition with the headline: BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY; Hydrogen: Is
It the Clean Fuel of the Future?.
Not exact matches
Back in the petroleum - challenged 1970s, alternative energy
of all sorts — solar, wind, geothermal, and anything
cleaner and environmentally friendlier than fossil
fuels — was the wave
of the
future and hence the stuff
of entrepreneurial dreams.
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The renewable New York
of the
future will be
fueled by a $ 5 billion
Clean Energy Fund which the administration is finalizing.
Governor Cuomo should reject the dirty, dangerous
fuels of the past and lead a transition to a
clean, renewable energy
future,» said Eric Weltman, Senior Organizer, Food & Water Watch.
«I continue to strive toward a
clean energy
future for the State
of New York, including: the addition
of more renewable energy generation, greater energy efficiency, reliability for all consumers, improved transmission infrastructure,
fuel source diversity, and innovative environmental stewardship, all at a reasonable cost to ratepayers,» said Sen. Joe Griffo.
The launch
of the Buffalo High - Tech Manufacturing Innovation Hub at RiverBend,
fueled by the attraction
of Silevo and Soraa and the promise
of additional corporate partners in the
future, further builds the Governor's high - tech Erie Canal and positions Western New York as a nexus for advanced research and manufacturing for
clean energy technologies.»
As plug - in electric vehicle sales continue to putt along, automakers are increasingly pinning their hopes on hydrogen
fuel cells as the
clean vehicle technology
of the
future.
Fuel cells play a major role in creating a
clean energy
future, with a broad set
of applications ranging from powering buildings to electrifying transportation.
If the
future of new and
clean electrical technology — that contemporary promoters
of the
fuel cell are today offering us — really happens, then the obscure story about a curious little invention by a largely forgotten Welsh man
of science will become an epic piece
of technological history.
It's also critical to a
future less dependent on foreign oil: Hydraulic fracturing, «
clean coal» technologies, nuclear
fuel production, and carbon storage (the keystone
of the strategy to address climate change) all count on pushing waste into rock formations below the earth's surface.
The ACEEE's annual recognition
of Honda's
fuel - efficient vehicles further validates our commitment to create a
cleaner, more energy - efficient and sustainable transportation
future.
The Model X's all - electric powertrain, with an EPA estimated 238 - mile all electric driving range, leverages the increasingly
cleaner U.S. power grid as a
fuel source to significantly increase the environmental benefits
of the electric powertrain in 2018, and across
future years.
But as we build that
clean energy
future, our modern lives are still powered by fossil
fuels and the burning
of those
fuels is releasing tons
of carbon dioxide into the air.
Once lauded as the
future of clean transportation and energy storage in a variety
of other applications, hydrogen - based
fuel cell systems have a great many barriers to adoption, one
of which is lack
of hydrogen infrastructure, and the other is the need to develop hydrogen production sources that aren't fossil
fuel - based or that require more energy to produce than can be released in the
fuel cell.
«I am struck by the lack
of fundamental breakthroughs required for an abundant,
clean energy
future, whether in electricity generation from wind, coal (IGCC), ocean thermal, ocean wave, ocean tide, solar, nuclear, or liquids from coal - to - liquids, gas - to - liquids, biofuels, bio-engineered
fuels, and so on.»
Although the most visible example
of the
future of electric mobility is the consumer electric car, the commercial transportation sector and heavy industry are two major areas where transitioning to
cleaner fuels will have a big impact on air quality, GHG emissions, and other undesirable consequences
of fossil
fuels.
As Andy heads abroad for a conference on «planetary emergencies», I'll be bringing you occasional updates from the consumptive heart
of the nation's desert West, Las Vegas, where
clean energy prophets and political luminaries are gathered to discuss how the imperatives
of climate change, fossil
fuel scarcity and national security ought to reshape our energy
future.
We must instead focus on the actions needed to achieve the
clean environment
of the
future, with a stable climate that can continue to support all life, in the era beyond fossil
fuels.
In a story about the weakening
of fuel efficiency standards Fast Company quotes Don Anair, research and deputy director for the
clean vehicles program at UCS who explains that the new standards would increase emissions and lower requirements in the
future.
In addition, the popularity
of natural gas relies, in part, on its reputation as a «bridge
fuel» — the fossil
fuel that will lead to a renewable energy
future because it's
cleaner burning, emits less greenhouse gas and uses water less intensively in certain steps
of the process.
Founded by a bipartisan and bicameral group
of Congressional Members, EESI seeks to be a catalyst that moves society away from environmentally damaging fossil
fuels and toward a
clean energy
future.
«Hydrogen is the
fuel of the
future,» said Naqi Jaffery, the lead author, «and the proliferation
of hydrogen stations represents the natural progression from fossil
fuels to
clean energy.»
Hydrogen is the
fuel of the
future, and the proliferation
of hydrogen stations represents the natural progression from fossil
fuels to
clean energy.
He also continued on the theme
of reforming fossil
fuel subsidies, so that the cost
of fossil
fuels can «better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet», and investing in the
clean technology
of the
future, particularly in the coal states that could suffer as their power plants shut down.
The topic
of discussion was «Decarbonizing King Coal: Growing U.S. - China
Clean Technology Cooperation», and my fellow panelists Ming Sun of Clean Air Task Force (pictured right) and Albert Lin representing Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role of «clean coal» in China's energy fu
Clean Technology Cooperation», and my fellow panelists Ming Sun
of Clean Air Task Force (pictured right) and Albert Lin representing Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role of «clean coal» in China's energy fu
Clean Air Task Force (pictured right) and Albert Lin representing
Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role of «clean coal» in China's energy f
Future Fuels, LLC (pictured left) had very interesting perspectives on the role
of «
clean coal» in China's energy fu
clean coal» in China's energy
futurefuture.
Repealing the
Clean Power Plan moves the United States further from the global reality that fossil
fuels are the energy
of the past and renewables like solar and wind will power the
future.
By overlooking nuclear power in the quest for
clean energy, we are condemning ourselves to a
future of increased fossil
fuel use.
The impacts
of climate change require us to take control
of our
future by accelerating the transition away from fossil
fuels to a
clean - energy economy.
Those forces include a desire to look backwards, exemplified by the Trump administration's climate science denial and pro-fossil
fuel policies, versus a growing array
of stakeholders looking toward a
future economy that runs on
clean energy.
The question is whether the global community can exercise the free will to limit fossil
fuel emissions and move to
clean energies
of the
future — or is it inevitable that all fossil
fuels will be burned?
We, all
of us, believe that a transition to a
clean energy
future isn't just about ending pollution, it's also an opportunity to ensure that the new energy economy shares its wealth more equitably than the fossil
fueled economic oligarchy we're trying to leave behind.
In addition, Citigroup has argued that up to $ 100 trillion
of fossil
fuel revenues are at risk — and the businesses linked to them — from the
clean energy transition to a low carbon
future
«The
Clean Power Plan was a step toward the
future: away from destructive and costly pollution, away from environmentally damaging
fuel extraction and away from emissions
of heat - trapping gases,» Francis told Live Science in an email.
To achieve our vision
of a 100 %
clean energy
future, we must not replace one fossil
fuel with another one.
The planned ban on the sale
of gas and diesel cars in 2040 also ignores the promise
of advances in synthetic
fuels, which may allow internal combustion engines to operate much
cleaner in the
future without significant changes in underlying technology.
It is the only fossil
fuel whose share
of the primary energy mix is expected to grow, as it has the potential to play an important role in the world's transition to a
cleaner, more affordable and secure energy
future.
Instead
of cleaning up pollution and poineering a
clean energy
future, the Trump administration is promoting dirty fossil
fuels, including coal.
There was a clear choice
of political paths today - a
clean energy
future in the hands
of communities or a fossil
fuel future for vested interests.
Our opportunity here isn't only about protecting the ocean waters
of America, marine life, a favorite surf break, jobs or a given beach community; it's about demanding that our government utilize the best available science and data and listen to the massive outpouring
of public opposition to destructive offshore oil and gas development, to shift the tides
of energy development instead away from fossil
fuels and toward renewables; it's about holding our President and federal agencies accountable for decisions they make about the management
of the ocean; it's about protecting the ocean and every coastline from the atrocity and injustice
of offshore drilling and exploration; it's about protecting
clean water, air and beaches now and for the
future; it's about protecting one another, and the Earth.
If we take this path toward a
clean energy
future, we know we can stop the worst effects
of global warming while reviving our economy, rescuing America from its dependence on fossil
fuels, reducing pollution and threats to our health, protecting the natural resources that we depend upon for survival, and creating millions
of good jobs right here at home.
Fuel cells play a major role in creating a
clean energy
future, with a broad set
of applications ranging from powering buildings to electrifying transportation.
If that sector is ammonia, we will have
clean ammonia for food, the beginnings
of a
clean liquid
fuel supply, and a suite
of technologies that can take us into a
clean future.
The Low Carbon
Fuel Standard is an essential part
of California's program to move away from dirty
fuels and toward a
clean energy
future.
Natural gas is the
cleanest of the fossil
fuels used in the state and will continue to be a significant energy source for the foreseeable
future.
«Together, these kinds
of projects will help offset negative impacts from fossil
fuel electric generation and bring us closer to a
clean energy
future.»
The Fine Print Despite all
of this real world progress, the Lima text failed to take obvious steps to incentivize the transition to a
clean energy
future, steps like putting a price on carbon, eliminating perverse fossil
fuel subsidies and increasing support for developing countries to leapfrog to modern, low - carbon economies.
One
of CSPW's major criticisms
of the QER under President Obama was its treatment
of natural gas as a «bridge
fuel» to a renewable energy
future; since the infrastructure used to extract, process, and transport natural gas to market is essentially the same as that for oil and petroleum products, continued reliance on natural gas only delays the transition to
clean, renewable energy and has only marginal CO2 - reduction benefits in the near term.
It's also critical to a
future less dependent on foreign oil: Hydraulic fracturing, «
clean coal» technologies, nuclear
fuel production and carbon storage (the keystone
of the strategy to address climate change) all count on pushing waste into rock formations below the earth's surface.