Sentences with phrase «to a hydrogen economy»

Regardless, by reducing or eliminating platinum, the two studies help pave the way for a future hydrogen economy.

Still, for those like me who missed it, here's a quick rundown of why this is potentially important and what it means for the so - called hydrogen economy.

The cars may just be the start of an environmentally friendly, 21st - century hydrogen economy.

However, as hydrogen is volatile in its gas or liquid form, storing it remains a major challenge in realizing hydrogen economy.

The nuclear - > hydrogen economy does not make sense but nuclear - > hydrogen - > methane ammonia is a lot more practical.

What part will thermal solar play in a future hydrogen economy?

Then again it might make more sense to set up a full hydrogen economy with excess power from PV and other renewables, large and small, feeding into large efficient high - temperature electrolysers, and hydrogen then being stored centrally and distributed via the gas grid.

The accidental discovery of a new aluminium alloy could lead to portable hydrogen and could kick - start the struggling hydrogen economy

To be sure, many alternative energy buffs remain skeptical of the long - touted hydrogen economy, which would presumably require a huge (and politically problematic) investment in new infrastructure.

Practical onboard storage would, of course, constitute only half the formula for a successful hydrogen economy; the other half would be a large - scale hydrogen distribution and refueling network.

«While there is likely insufficient waste biomass to sustain a global hydrogen economy, this form of renewable energy production may help offset the substantial costs of wastewater treatment as well as provide a contribution to nations able to harness hydrogen as an energy source,» Logan says.

Maverick energy guru Amory Lovins says a profitable, pollution - free hydrogen economy is just over the horizon.

«Splitting water with sunlight is the Holy Grail of a sustainable hydrogen economy,» said Alan Weimer, leader of the Boulder research group.

Of course, the Bush administration also cancelled one of the centerpieces of said hydrogen economy — the FutureGen power plant that would have generated hydrogen (as well as eliminating carbon dioxide emissions)-- with what turned out to be some bad math back in February 2008.

Nuclear the «ethanol of 2017», investment bank says 13 March 2007 Chris Rogers, utilities analyst at JP Morgan, believes that nuclear energy will be key to a zero - greenhouse gas hydrogen economy and that, if they want to be part of it, oil companies will have few options other than embracing nuclear power.

Now even you want to stop hydrogen economy?

the oft favoured Hydrogen economy (rather a way of transporting energy than energy itself I know) must have a negative EROI.

The infrastructure it has built to store and distribute natural gas can one day be used for hydrogen as the solar / hydrogen economy unfolds.»

One intriguing large - scale hydrogen economy idea is an ambitious proposal for a gas pipeline across NE Asia, to be fed with hydrogen gas (plus some methane) produced by power from wind and geothermal energy sources, and in particular the large wind energy potential that exists along the Aleutian Islands and Kamchatka Peninsula.

Facing the Climate Challenge (pdf) Introduction The Rising Costs of Climate Change Restructuring the Energy Economy Building the Wind - Hydrogen Economy Fixing the Market

A highly efficient hydrogen economy, landless agriculture, industrial ecosystems in which waste virtually disappears: over the coming century these can enable large, prosperous human populations to co-exist with the whales and the lions and the eagles and all that underlie them — if we are mentally prepared, which I believe we are.

In a future hydrogen economy, he imagines, a house would function much like a leaf does, using the sun to power household electricity and to break down water into fuel — a sort of artificial photosynthesis.

The accidental discovery of a novel aluminium alloy that reacts with water in a highly unusual way may be the first step to reviving the struggling hydrogen economy.

Future visions of a so - called hydrogen economy, in which hydrogen replaces hydrocarbons for transport, will require the production of hydrogen without associated carbon dioxide emissions.

«The hydrogen economy is the main key to solving oil dependency,» he says.

Much excitement surrounds the progress in fuel cells, but the quest for a hydrogen economy is no trivial pursuit

These attributes give ammonia an edge over hydrogen, long touted as the fuel of the future in a hypothetical «hydrogen economy».

If successful they could form the seeds of a low - carbon «ammonia economy» — which would actually be a hydrogen economy of sorts, with ammonia acting as the storage medium for hydrogen.

After all, the chemical engineer wanted to make fuel from plants for the hydrogen economy that was supposed to boom about now.

Several of the strategies that might have helped a decade or two ago may now be just marginally worth pursuing or a complete waste of time and effort, like coal - to - liquid technologies and the ever - elusive «hydrogen economy» touted by President Bush.

The relative contribution of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, the role of the hydrogen economy and whether fission power has a role to play are still fiercely debated.

Still, the name change distances the Obama administration from the «hydrogen economy» goals of their predecessors.

A POWER GRID FOR THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY, by Paul M. Grant, Chauncey Starr and Thomas J. Overbye.

With the growth of wind and solar energy and the increasing popularity of electric vehicles, many people in the U.S. may have forgotten about the promised «hydrogen economy.»

The technology, developed by the Group of Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis (QOMCAT) of the UJI, is of great interest to the energy industry and is part of the so - called «hydrogen economy.»

Turning the «hydrogen economy» concept into a reality, even on a small scale, has been a bumpy road, but scientists are developing a novel way to store hydrogen to smooth out the long - awaited transition away from fossil fuels.

Umit B. Demirci and colleagues explain that storing hydrogen in solids is a recent development and a promising step toward building a hydrogen economy.

QUESTIONS ABOUT A HYDROGEN ECONOMY, by Matthew L. Wald.

Unlike right - wingers who would say, «Since we don't know 100 percent for sure, we can keep carbon loading,» I'd say there is enough evidence that it's reasonable to try to move toward renewables, to try to move toward conservation, to try to move toward a hydrogen economy.

In addition to imperiling efforts to combat climate change, canceling FutureGen also sets back plans for a so - called «hydrogen economy.»

Isn't a hydrogen economy still pretty far off?

A «hydrogen economy» in which consumers can make their own hydrogen to power their cars and heat or cool their homes may not yet be imminent, but at least this engineering feat makes such a future sound a little less like utopian hype.

In some sense, that puts this technology on par with the hydrogen economy with expansion potentially starting sometime after 2015.

Although not described in this FAQ, there are also NDTT concerns for steels used in cryogenic conditions in a hydrogen economy.

I get the impression you are mixing up the «hydrogen economy» with nuclear fusion.

Learn more about how CNL is accelerating the transition to a hydrogen economy through advanced hydrogen production and energy storage technologies.

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories is accelerating the transition to a hydrogen economy with advanced hydrogen production and energy storage technologies.

As a final remark - CO2 capture and storage can only be a transitional technology - it can herald the hydrogen economy - it can also give us a choice not to use nuclear fission whilst fusion is still being dveloped.