Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies and Market Perspectives
This book introduces readers to hydrogen as an essential energy carrier for use with renewable sources of primary energy. It provides an overview of the state of the art, while also highlighting the developmental and market potential of hydrogen in the co
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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies and Market Perspectives
Editors Johannes T€opler Berlin Germany
Jochen Lehmann Stralsund Germany
Translation from the German language edition: Wasserstoff und Brennstoffzelle by To¨pler, Lehmann (Hrsg.) # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 ISBN 978-3-662-44971-4 ISBN 978-3-662-44972-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-44972-1
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Foreword
Sustainability is vital for survival. The basis for life must be preserved for future generations. The energy transition, which Germany decided following the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, is central to the current sustainability policy. Renewable energies, which received an enormous boost after the introduction of the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG), with its generous feed-in tariffs are currently in the spotlight. But renewable energy sources are dependent on the time of day, seasons, location and the weather, which means that the country is now faced with fluctuating power supplies. Two different infrastructure systems need to be expanded considerably: long-distance power lines and energy storage. Chemical storage is the most elegant solution, allowing large amounts of energy to be stored in a small space. Hydrogen, to which this book is dedicated, has an extremely high storage capacity. As soon as the majority of hydrogen is produced from renewable sources, it will become ideal for energy storage as part of a sustainable energy industry that includes the transport sector. There are technical challenges facing the development of t
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