Hydrogen economy : a non-technical review.

Hydrogen holds out the promise of a truly sustainable global energy future. As a clean energy carrier that can be produced from any primary energy source, hydrogen used in highly efficient fuel cells could prove to be the answer to our growing concerns about energy security, urban pollution and clim...

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Other Authors: Radka, Mark, Puig, Daniel, Rogat, Jorge
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : United Nations Env Prog, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • The hydrogen economy and sustainable development. What is hydrogen?
  • The environmental implications of hydrogen
  • A global hydrogen energy system
  • Technical and cost challenges. Hydrogen production, distribution and storage
  • Fuel cells for mobile and stationary uses
  • Carbon capture and storage
  • The transition to the hydrogen economy. Investment in hydrogen infrastructure
  • Government support
  • Long-term projections of hydrogen use
  • Hydrogen and the developing world. Relevance of hydrogen to developing economies
  • Implications for national energy policy-making
  • Role of international and non-governmental organisations
  • Key messages.