Comments on: Fifteen New Hydrogen Refuelling Stations in 2008, Worldwide http://fuelcellsworks.com/news/2009/05/07/fifteen-new-hydrogen-refuelling-stations-in-2008-worldwide/ Industry News & Information Leader Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:08:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John http://fuelcellsworks.com/news/2009/05/07/fifteen-new-hydrogen-refuelling-stations-in-2008-worldwide/comment-page-1/#comment-47 John Sun, 10 May 2009 22:33:22 +0000 http://fuelcellsworks.com/news/?p=358#comment-47 I think it's shameful that we are spending so much money on components of the stimulas plan that are wasteful while we are cutting "Hydrogen R&D". Only $ 25B would pay for 20,000 Hydrogen Fuel Stations in the reach of every major city in the US. Couple this with Solar and Wind Hydrogen Generation and local distribution and we have a plan. I disagree with Chu’s decision to remove Hydrogen R&D out of the 2010 budget, but if the US isn’t aggressive with a hydrogen technology plan, other countries will lead. Instead of buying oil from other countries we will be buying hydrogen, hydrogen technology, and related products in the future. Shortly fuel cells will cost less due to low cost replacement catylsts (removal of platinum/paladium precisous metals) and we should be making use of all energy sources as we diversify. Centralized power and a new smart grid is very important, but adding decentralized power generation is also key to our energy independence. As we install more Wind and Solar farms we will need to Store and Move energy short-term without a smart grid and that equates to using Hydrogen Generators local to the installations. By producing decentralized power with today’s Solar and Wind Hydrogen technology, we will over time, diversify our sources and remove transportation costs out of the cost equation. This Hydrogen could be then delivered to local distribution stations or stored for use in fuel cells for stationary and mobile applications. You just shouldn’t plan massive Solar and Wind expansion projects without this kind of storage and distribution plan component. Hydrogenics (HYGS) is one of the key companies supplying these Hydrogen Generators and Fuel Cells, now involved in several like projects outside of the US. Today’s technology for today’s decentralized power. I think it’s shameful that we are spending so much money on components of the stimulas plan that are wasteful while we are cutting “Hydrogen R&D”. Only $ 25B would pay for 20,000 Hydrogen Fuel Stations in the reach of every major city in the US. Couple this with Solar and Wind Hydrogen Generation and local distribution and we have a plan.

I disagree with Chu’s decision to remove Hydrogen R&D out of the 2010 budget, but if the US isn’t aggressive with a hydrogen technology plan, other countries will lead. Instead of buying oil from other countries we will be buying hydrogen, hydrogen technology, and related products in the future. Shortly fuel cells will cost less due to low cost replacement catylsts (removal of platinum/paladium precisous metals) and we should be making use of all energy sources as we diversify.

Centralized power and a new smart grid is very important, but adding decentralized power generation is also key to our energy independence. As we install more Wind and Solar farms we will need to Store and Move energy short-term without a smart grid and that equates to using Hydrogen Generators local to the installations. By producing decentralized power with today’s Solar and Wind Hydrogen technology, we will over time, diversify our sources and remove transportation costs out of the cost equation. This Hydrogen could be then delivered to local distribution stations or stored for use in fuel cells for stationary and mobile applications. You just shouldn’t plan massive Solar and Wind expansion projects without this kind of storage and distribution plan component. Hydrogenics (HYGS) is one of the key companies supplying these Hydrogen Generators and Fuel Cells, now involved in several like projects outside of the US. Today’s technology for today’s decentralized power.

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