Hydrogen and OUr Energy Future

Rick Tidball ; Stu Knoke

关键词: AIR QUALITY;    COAL;    ELECTRICITY;    ENERGY POLICY;    FUEL CELLS;    GREENHOUSE GASES;    HYDROGEN;    HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS;    HYDROGEN FUELS;    MARKET;    NATIONAL GOVERNMENT;    NUCLEAR ENERGY;    POLLUTANTS;    PRODUCTION;   

DOI  :  10.2172/950018
RP-ID  :  DOE/EE - 0320
PID  :  OSTI ID: 950018
Others  :  TRN: US200911%%435

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

In 2003, President George W. Bush announced the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative to accelerate the research and development of hydrogen, fuel cell, and infrastructure technologies that would enable hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to reach the commercial market in the 2020 timeframe. The widespread use of hydrogen can reduce our dependence on imported oil and benefit the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and criteria pollutant emissions that affect our air quality. The Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush on August 8, 2005, reinforces Federal government support for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Title VIII, also called the 'Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005' authorizes more than $3.2 billion for hydrogen and fuel cell activities intended to enable the commercial introduction of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by 2020, consistent with the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative. Numerous other titles in the Act call for related tax and market incentives, new studies, collaboration with alternative fuels and renewable energy programs, and broadened demonstrations--clearly demonstrating the strong support among members of Congress for the development and use of hydrogen fuel cell technologies. In 2006, the President announced the Advanced Energy Initiative (AEI) to accelerate research on technologies with the potential to reduce near-term oil use in the transportation sector--batteries for hybrid vehicles and cellulosic ethanol--and advance activities under the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative. The AEI also supports research to reduce the cost of electricity production technologies in the stationary sector such as clean coal, nuclear energy, solar photovoltaics, and wind energy.