The front - wheel drive Mirai uses
hydrogen as its fuel source and has an EPA - estimated fuel economy of 67 mpge.
The brand says the h - tron uses
hydrogen as its fuel source to create electricity, delivering 110 kW (148 hp)...
The brand says the h - tron uses
hydrogen as its fuel source to create electricity, delivering 110 kW (148 hp) under normal circumstances, but has a temporary boost of 100 kW (134 hp) when needed.
And while we've seen some promising applications of
hydrogen as a fuel source in the last few months, it still seems very unlikely that we'll ever see a hydrogen - based energy market on the scale that some are envisioning.
Not exact matches
Toyota follows in the footsteps of Daimler AG and divests part of its shares in Tesla
as the Japanese automaker looks to
hydrogen fuel cells
as an alternative power
source.
Nikola plans to process its own
hydrogen fuel at each station with on - site solar power, wind power or by buying electricity created through renewable
sources such
as hydropower.
The experiment has potential
as a
source of renewable
fuel, but at a solar - to -
hydrogen efficiency rate of around 5 percent, the conversion rate is still too low to be commercially viable.
Electricity from renewable
sources such
as solar and wind power, which can be intermittent and unreliable, could then be easily stored and distributed
as hydrogen fuel.
Previously, researchers have produced
hydrogen gas in microbial - powered, batterylike
fuel cells, but only when they supplemented the energy produced by the bacteria with electrical energy from external
sources — such
as that obtained from renewable
sources or burning fossil
fuels, says Bruce Logan, an environmental engineer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
Fuel Cells Electricity from any
source, such
as solar, wind and even coal, can be used to break up water molecules into their
hydrogen and oxygen components in a device called an electrolyzer.
According to a 2006 report from the U.S. Department of Energy, amine - borane complexes have great potential
as a component in
fuel sources due to their high
hydrogen content.
Should the market demands for
hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of
fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective
hydrogen from domestic energy
sources, such
as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia
hydrogen program manager.
«It's something in the water: Scientists extract
hydrogen as potential
fuel source.»
«
Hydrogen gas has immense potential
as a
source of sustainable
fuel, because it generates no carbon emissions,» said Lawrence Livermore lead author Brandon Wood.
A large of proportion of energy research aims to establish and optimize renewable
sources such
as photovoltaics,
hydrogen fuel cells, biomass, and wind power, but energy research can also be about improving old technologies.
Mining free
hydrogen gas
as a primary
fuel source could change that, but first scientists need to understand where the gas goes after it's produced.
The plan is to match the basic electric - drive system with various recharging
sources, including engines that burn gasoline, ethanol and biodiesel
fuels as well
as hydrogen fuel cells.
Due to methane gas,
as a primary energy
source, having a noticeably lower cost than electricity,
hydrogen could be a cheaper
fuel for vehicles than electricity.
As a fuel source, the artificial leaf relies on what energy researchers have long promoted as the ultimate form of sustainable fuel, hydroge
As a
fuel source, the artificial leaf relies on what energy researchers have long promoted
as the ultimate form of sustainable fuel, hydroge
as the ultimate form of sustainable
fuel,
hydrogen.
Inside the
fuel cell, a catalyst generally made from platinum breaks apart the
hydrogen and «releases» electrons that serve
as energy
sources.
It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane
fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil
fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and
hydrogen — a potential clean
fuel cell
source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used
as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.
Why It Matters: Reducing our nation's reliance on fossil
fuels relies on creating technologies to quickly and efficiently convert the power generated at wind farms and other
sources into a use - any - time
fuel, such
as hydrogen molecules.
«
Hydrogen fuel cells
as a power
source have the potential to bring to the force incredibly valuable capabilities,» said TARDEC Director Paul Rogers.
Hydrogen can be used in the future
as a
source of energy for
fuel - cell vehicles or, in an additional step, can be used to manufacture methane.
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.
Driving Goals Ultimately, the road trip is to raise the funds needed to build greater awareness and further the development of
hydrogen gas
as a
fuel source.
The graph above charts the contributions played by improved efficiency and adoption of renewable electricity
sources as well
as hydrogen fuel cells (with the
hydrogen generated with renewable energy).
IMO,
Hydrogen as a viable alternative
fuel is a red herring, because
as James said, «what's unreal is a
source of H2 that doesn't produce more CO2 than the same car burning gasoline.»
The result of the research is a carbon - neutral liquid
fuel source to power vehicles that aren't ideal candidates for batteries or
hydrogen, such
as heavy trucks and aircraft, he said.
1 Executive Summary 2 Scope of the Report 3 The Case for
Hydrogen 3.1 The Drive for Clean Energy 3.2 The Uniqueness of
Hydrogen 3.3
Hydrogen's Safety Record 4
Hydrogen Fuel Cells 4.1 Proton Exchange Membrane
Fuel Cell 4.2
Fuel Cells and Batteries 4.3
Fuel Cell Systems Durability 4.4
Fuel Cell Vehicles 5
Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure 5.1
Hydrogen Station Hardware 5.2
Hydrogen Compression and Storage 5.3
Hydrogen Fueling 5.4
Hydrogen Station Capacity 6
Hydrogen Fueling Station Types 6.1 Retail vs. Non-Retail Stations 6.1.1 Retail
Hydrogen Stations 6.1.2 Non-Retail
Hydrogen Stations 6.2 Mobile
Hydrogen Stations 6.2.1 Honda's Smart
Hydrogen Station 6.2.2 Nel
Hydrogen's RotoLyzer 6.2.3 Others 7
Hydrogen Fueling Protocols 7.1 SAE J2601 7.2 Related Standards 7.3
Fueling Protocols vs. Vehicle Charging 7.4 SAE J2601 vs. SAE J1772 7.5 Ionic Compression 8
Hydrogen Station Rollout Strategy 8.1 Traditional Approaches 8.2 Current Approach 8.3 Factors Impacting Rollouts 8.4 Production and Distribution Scenarios 8.5 Reliability Issues 9
Sources of
Hydrogen 9.1 Fossil
Fuels 9.2 Renewable
Sources 10 Methods of
Hydrogen Production 10.1 Production from Non-Renewable
Sources 10.1.1 Steam Reforming of Natural Gas 10.1.2 Coal Gasification 10.2 Production from Renewable
Sources 10.2.1 Electrolysis 10.2.2 Biomass Gasification 11
Hydrogen Production Scenarios 11.1 Centralized
Hydrogen Production 11.2 On - Site
Hydrogen Production 11.2.1 On - site Electrolysis 11.2.2 On - Site Steam Methane Reforming 12
Hydrogen Delivery 12.1
Hydrogen Tube Trailers 12.2 Tanker Trucks 12.3 Pipeline Delivery 12.4 Railcars and Barges 13
Hydrogen Stations Cost Factors 13.1 Capital Expenditures 13.2 Operating Expenditures 14
Hydrogen Station Deployments 14.1 Asia - Pacific 14.1.1 Japan 14.1.2 Korea 14.1.3 China 14.1.4 Rest of Asia - Pacific 14.2 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 14.2.1 Germany 14.2.2 The U.K. 14.2.3 Nordic Region 14.2.4 Rest of EMEA 14.3 Americas 14.3.1 U.S. West Coast 14.3.2 U.S. East Coast 14.3.3 Canada 14.3.4 Latin America 15 Selected Vendors 15.1 Air Liquide 15.2 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15.3 Ballard Power Systems 15.4 FirstElement
Fuel Inc. 15.5 FuelCell Energy, Inc. 15.6 Hydrogenics Corporation 15.7 The Linde Group 15.8 Nel
Hydrogen 15.9 Nuvera
Fuel Cells 15.10 Praxair 15.11 Proton OnSite / SunHydro 15.11.1 Proton Onsite 15.11.2 SunHydro 16 Market Forecasts 16.1 Overview 16.2 Global
Hydrogen Station Market 16.2.1
Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.2.2
Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.2.3
Hydrogen Station Costs 16.3 Asia - Pacific
Hydrogen Station Market 16.3.1
Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.3.2
Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.3.3
Hydrogen Station Costs 16.4 Europe, Middle East and Africa 16.4.1
Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.4.2
Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.4.3
Hydrogen Station Costs 16.5 Americas 16.5.1
Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.5.2
Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.5.3
Hydrogen Station Costs 17 Conclusions 17.1
Hydrogen as a
Fuel 17.2 Rollout of
Fuel Cell Vehicles 17.3
Hydrogen Station Deployments 17.4 Funding Requirements 17.5 Customer Experience 17.6 Other Findings
It would involve mounting a
hydrogen fuel cell on a barge that could act
as a mobile
source of shore power.
Plug - in hybrids or
hydrogen - powered
fuel cells would allow us to run our cars using renewable
sources such
as solar and wind, other clean and abundant
sources like nuclear and even coal - preferably from power plants employing advanced clean coal technologies that I hope will soon be the norm.
As a fuel source, the artificial leaf relies on what energy researchers have long promoted as the ultimate form of sustainable fuel, hydroge
As a
fuel source, the artificial leaf relies on what energy researchers have long promoted
as the ultimate form of sustainable fuel, hydroge
as the ultimate form of sustainable
fuel,
hydrogen.
The «draw down» may be achieved by using that percentage of carbon from an atmospheric
source such
as agricultural waste, deliberate agriculture (e.g. azollaculture), or artificial photosynthesis via, for instance, using solar energy to hydrolyze water, and combining the
hydrogen with CO2 from the air to produce
fuel.
As a cheap, onboard source of hydrogen, a liquid fuel such as ethanol - water is saf
As a cheap, onboard
source of
hydrogen, a liquid
fuel such
as ethanol - water is saf
as ethanol - water is safe.
They exploited not just
hydrogen fuel cells and batteries for storage, but also grid - integrated vehicles: electric cars and trucks which when not being driven also served
as sources for the grid.
Modern agriculture gets the nitrogen it needs from ammonia - producing plants that utilize fossil
fuels such
as natural gas, LPG or petroleum naphtha
as a
source of
hydrogen.
As has been noted in many quarters, including this one,
hydrogen has proven to be an extremely unwieldy
fuel source because of the difficulties in handling and storing it.
A more certain method of reducing global arming caused by both fossil -
fuel soot and carbon dioxide is to convert vehicles from fossil
fuels to electric, plug - in hybrid or
hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, where the electricity or
hydrogen is produced by a renewable energy
sources [sic], such
as wind, solar geothermal, hydroelectric, wave, or tidal power.»
The idea behind waste gasification is an attractive one: Take trash and subject it to extreme heat under anoxic conditions to produce syngas, a blend of carbon monoxide and
hydrogen, which can be used
as a
fuel source.
Also, we urge you to be mindful that the
hydrogen producing «reformers» used by stationary
fuel cells typically emit lower amounts of NOX and SOX per unit of useful work than do the furnaces, gas heaters, and air conditioners that they might one day supplant
as heat
sources.