First attempt

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First attempt

• Canada, 1930s
• Imported almost all its fuel
• Niagara Falls hydroelectric generating capacity
  was only 30-40 used
• There was no way of storing the rest of the
  energy
• A. T. Steward
• Uses the surplus to make H2
• Uses most of the H2 for fertilizers
• Plans to use the rest for residential hitting and
  to power vehicles
• The project is abandoned because cheaper natural
  gas appears

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Conclusion

• There is a lot of wasted energy, which could be
  stored
• H2 is a very good way of storing it
• Even if using H2 is ecological, people will go
  for the cheaper alternative

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Producing Hydrogen
Source American Chemical Society
4
Hydrogen Economy
Source Green Island Intl. Ltd.
5
The Past

• 1800 electrolysis is invented
• 1807 first hydrogen car
• 1845 first fuel cell
• 1889 first practical fuel cell
• 1920 first practical hydrogen car
• 1959 first fuel cell vehicle
• 1970 first plans for a H2 economy
• 1988 first hydrogen plane

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Present
H2 gas stations
Fuel cell cars

• Current price 1 mil.
• On the road 100-300
• Build models 200
• Competitors
• hybrid
• improved gasoline

• Worldwide 120 40
• Japan 12

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The Present
Other
Cogeneration
Fuel cell bus

• Current price 1 mil. Yen
• Installed 600
• Economy 40
• Savings 26
• C02 reduction 40

Fuel cell bike
Fuel cell laptop
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The Future (maybe)

• 2010 household cogeneration systems spread
  (Japan more than 10000)
• 2015-2020 fuel cell cars will be mass produced
  and become competitive
• 2030 Japan has 15 mil. FCV cars (20)