Hydrogen Highway Breakthrough?
An opportunity that America cannot afford to miss
One of the best things about hydrogen isn’t its ability to power fuel cell vehicles, it’s the ability of hydrogen to make renewable energy, such as wind power and solar power more effective. Of course, fuel cell vehicles running down the hydrogen highway are also pretty awesome. Ultimately, cheap hydrogen can revolutionize America’s ENTIRE energy paradigm, not just transportation.
That’s what makes a recent hydrogen breakthrough by Pennsylvania State University so important.
US researchers have developed a method of producing hydrogen gas from biodegradable organic material, potentially providing an abundant source of this clean-burning fuel, according to a study released Monday.
The technology offers a way to cheaply and efficiently generate hydrogen gas from readily available and renewable biomass such as cellulose or glucose, and could be used for powering vehicles, making fertilizer and treating drinking water.
“This process produces 288 percent more energy in hydrogen than the electrical energy that is added in the process,” said Bruce Logan, a professor of environmental engineering at Penn State.(AFP)
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