TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrogen
T2 - The energy source for the 21st century
AU - Johnston, Brenda
AU - Mayo, Michael C.
AU - Khare, Anshuman
N1 - Funding Information:
Federal, regional (state) as well as local governments encourage research. The companies involved are Ballard, DaimlerChrysler and Fraunhofer Institutes. Federal support comes from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Supported by the Federal Ministry of Environment they run the future investments program called Zukunfts Investitions Programm (ZIP). Germany also invests in fuel cell generated electricity for stationary sources.
Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support provided by Athabasca University, Canada for this research work which was conducted under the Center for Corporate Stewardship.
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - In a quest to improve air quality, many experts are supportive of using hydrogen as the fuel of the future. More recently, two other key objectives of several nations have been instrumental in accelerating development for an alternative fuel, independence from foreign oil and securing renewable, affordable energy sources. Most experts suggest that hydrogen as an alternative fuel has the elements to address all three of these concerns. In its purest form there are zero emissions, the supply is endless and production may use a variety of energy sources, including renewable. The purpose of this paper is to explore and understand the challenges related to moving to a hydrogen-fueled economy. The efforts of some countries and leaders in the automotive sector are reviewed as they strive to develop the technology and find possible answers to production, storage and distribution challenges. There are many opinions on how best to proceed. Some favor moving directly to a hydrogen infrastructure, while others advocate transitioning by using hydrogen fuel cell technology. While the problems of migrating to hydrogen are complex, there is no doubt that hydrogen is the energy source for the 21st century.
AB - In a quest to improve air quality, many experts are supportive of using hydrogen as the fuel of the future. More recently, two other key objectives of several nations have been instrumental in accelerating development for an alternative fuel, independence from foreign oil and securing renewable, affordable energy sources. Most experts suggest that hydrogen as an alternative fuel has the elements to address all three of these concerns. In its purest form there are zero emissions, the supply is endless and production may use a variety of energy sources, including renewable. The purpose of this paper is to explore and understand the challenges related to moving to a hydrogen-fueled economy. The efforts of some countries and leaders in the automotive sector are reviewed as they strive to develop the technology and find possible answers to production, storage and distribution challenges. There are many opinions on how best to proceed. Some favor moving directly to a hydrogen infrastructure, while others advocate transitioning by using hydrogen fuel cell technology. While the problems of migrating to hydrogen are complex, there is no doubt that hydrogen is the energy source for the 21st century.
KW - Alternative energy source
KW - Automobile
KW - Fuel cells
KW - Hydrogen economy
KW - Hydrogen fuel
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=11344288635&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.technovation.2003.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.technovation.2003.11.005
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:11344288635
SN - 0166-4972
VL - 25
SP - 569
EP - 585
JO - Technovation
JF - Technovation
IS - 6
ER -
