Renewable Energy World has a very informative article about the latest developments in the hydrogen arena. Apparently, “projects that cut across a wide spectrum of applications are managing to find enough ramp-up funding from government, industrial, private and academic sources such that several technologies are already breaking in to the commercial space, and others should become mainstream within one or two decades”. That sounds like good news to me.
Still according to the article, the aforementioned applications range “from automotive fuel cells for fork lifts and buses, to micro fuel cells for portable electronics, to industrial energy storage devices”. These “drove U.S. commercial sales of nearly US$400 million in 2006”. While there are several obstacles to be overcome until hydrogen becomes mainstream, such as lack of fueling stations and the high cost of developing the cars, it would be a zero-carbon dream come true if such problems could be blown out of the way.
Now, if you’re curious about hydrogen fuel cell cars, Chevrolet is offering the chance to test drive its Equinox fuel cell model. But you need to live in New York City, Washington, D.C or southern California areas. Check out if you are eligible here and let off some steam.
