Come Visit Hydrogen Technologies in Booth #417. Hydrogen Technologies is a world-leading supplier of water electrolysis equipment and complete hydrogen generation units for industrial applications, hydrogen fueling stations and distributed energy systems. Hydrogen Technologies is a subsidiary of Statoil, a Norwegian Oil & Energy company with some 29.500 employees in 40 countries worldwide.
John Hofmeister, former Shell president and founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy, advocated hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the following CNBC on Wednesday at the National Energy Summit in Washington, D.C.
Here is his comment about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles which was made right at the end of the interview:
“You gotta think big in all of these things. Right now I deal with a lot of biofuel start-ups. I love these people. They’re really motivated. They’re energetic. But some of these biofuel ideas are just never going to be scalable. And that’s the problem. And the problem with biofuels is you have to have an internal combustion engine. I’m for getting rid of internal combustion engines. If we really want affordable transportation in the future, let’s move away from the internal combustion engine and use batteries for small, short-distance driving. Let’s use hydrogen fuel cell(s) for long-distance driving. Totally changes the game. And I think it’s quite doable.”
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The new hydrogen fueling station will be a source of education for hydrogen based fuels and and help us to evaluate the potential to develop hydrogen fuels for industrial, commercial, and consumer use. The station will include a data monitoring system that will help to inform the town and others about the viability of hydrogen fuel. The cost is approximately USD 2.2 million to build, the hydrogen is produced by electrolysis. The station is a part of the town's energy park which includes alternatives to traditional energy sources.
Fuel cells run on hydrogen, the simplest element and most plentiful gas in the universe. Hydrogen is colorless, odorless and tasteless. Each hydrogen molecule has two atoms of hydrogen, which accounts for the H 2 we often see. Hydrogen is the lightest element, with a density of 0.08988 grams per liter at standard pressure, yet it has the highest energy content per unit weight of all the fuels – 52,000 Btu/lb, or three times the energy of a pound of gasoline.
Hydrogen is never found alone on earth — it is always combined with other elements such as oxygen and carbon. Hydrogen can be extracted from virtually any hydrogen compound and is the ultimate clean energy carrier. It is safe to manufacture. And hydrogen's chemical energy can be harnessed in pollution-free ways.
Fuel Flexibility means Energy Security. Hydrogen can be produced from a variety of sources:
The U.S. Department of Energy's Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program is working to achieve the following goals:
By 2005, the technology will be available to produce hydrogen at the pump for $3.00 per gallon gasoline equivalent, and DOE wants to validate this technology by 2008. By 2010, the price goal is $1.50 per gallon of gasoline equivalent (untaxed) at the station.
Even $3 a gallon would save most of us money, since FCVs will be two to three times more efficient than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. If all the goals are met, FCVs offer the promise of energy at $1 a gallon - or less!
UPS Systems plc has today announced with the University of Glamorgan that they have reached the finals for ‘Environmental Technology’ at The Engineer Technology & Innovation Awards 2009. They have been selected as finalists because of their innovative fuel cell system at the Renewable Hydrogen Research and Development Centre.
The Hydrogen Centre was the brainchild of the University of Glamorgan and part of its vision to create a hydrogen economy in Wales. It was built to demonstrate the viability of hydrogen production from a range of indigenous renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, and evaluate the benefits of using hydrogen as an energy storage medium for these intermittent renewables.
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SatoilHydro will build the world's first full scale floating wind turbine, Hywind, and test it over a two-year period offshore. The company is investing approximately 400 million NOK (63 million USD). Planned startup is Autumn 2009.
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