Not exact matches
Sustainable
Energy takes a look at
hydrogen's properties,
applications and the role it might have in the years ahead.
It leads the nation in patent
applications because of the high concentration of high - tech research institutes, including the Center for Solar
Energy and
Hydrogen Research (ZSW).
Large - scale storage of low - pressure, gaseous
hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid - scale
energy applications offers several advantages over above - ground storage, says a recent Sandia National Laboratories study sponsored by the Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies O
energy applications offers several advantages over above - ground storage, says a recent Sandia National Laboratories study sponsored by the Department of
Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies O
Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office.
Additionally, installation of electrolyzer systems on electrical grids for power - to - gas
applications, which integrate renewable
energy, grid services and
energy storage will require large - capacity, cost - effective
hydrogen storage.
It could offer a convenient and portable source of
hydrogen for fuel cells and other
applications, potentially transforming the
energy market and providing an alternative to batteries and liquid fuels.
Camaioni and Autrey are using the insight gained from these studies to investigate the potential of using non-metal complexes to catalytically activate
hydrogen for
energy storage
applications.
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.
I've often thought the most appropriate
application of fuel cell technology would be for windmills and solar installations to generate
hydrogen with a portion of their
energy, which could be used in an adjacent stationary fuel cell when they don't.
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.
Session 2:
Applications 13:18 Pitch 1: tbd 13:23 Discussion and voting 13:27 Pitch 2: Drakerenergy with the thesis «By integrating monitoring and analytics with SCADA and power plant controllers, it is possible to reduce downtime and LCOE, and additionally to increase earnings with the solar
energy produced» 13:32 Discussion and voting 13:36 Pitch 3: Nel
Hydrogen with the thesis «Large scale production of hydrogen from PV power plants is already feasible and profitable today, and will help finance PV plants in the near future» 13:41 Discussion and voting 13:45 Pitch 4: First Solar with the thesis «Is it possible to achieve solar penetrations higher than 50 % «13:50 Discussion and voting 13:54 Panel discussion 1
Hydrogen with the thesis «Large scale production of
hydrogen from PV power plants is already feasible and profitable today, and will help finance PV plants in the near future» 13:41 Discussion and voting 13:45 Pitch 4: First Solar with the thesis «Is it possible to achieve solar penetrations higher than 50 % «13:50 Discussion and voting 13:54 Panel discussion 1
hydrogen from PV power plants is already feasible and profitable today, and will help finance PV plants in the near future» 13:41 Discussion and voting 13:45 Pitch 4: First Solar with the thesis «Is it possible to achieve solar penetrations higher than 50 % «13:50 Discussion and voting 13:54 Panel discussion 14:00 END
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.
The most common drawback of
hydrogen fuel cells for many
applications is that most commercially - available
hydrogen is produced from natural gas, in which case
hydrogen may not be the best green and clean
energy source for transportation.
«The use of
hydrogen to store
energy in residential
applications at the Ridge is certainly unique,» said Dr Greenway.
The breakthrough will help scientists to develop ways to use the incredible powers of
hydrogen in novel materials for
hydrogen storage, in fuel cells, or in other alternative
energy applications.