Intelligent Energy has called on the US senate to back hydrogen fuel cells and their ability to provide renewable electricity generation.

Dr Henri Winand, Chief Executive of the firm, urged the senate to establish a system for the generation of hydrogen and its distribution, as well as linking the fuel cells to electricity grids.

He said that hydrogen and electricity could provide good business opportunities for energy firms "in terms of reduced capital expenditure and increased energy efficiency".

According to Dr Winand, hydrogen produced from natural gas or coal facilities could be distributed and used in fuel cell vehicles.

He also said that fuel cells could be charged when demand for power was high and then fed back into the electricity grid when it was needed.

This could be used in windfarms, which can produce lots of electricity at times and not as much at other times.

Turbines that generated hydrogen from excess energy could store it in a fuel cell and feed it into the grid when the weather was not so windy.

Dr Jon Moore, director of communications, told BusinessGreen.com that hydrogen produced from renewable energy and used in a fuel cell was as emission free "as it is possible to be".



Source:
Intelligent Energy calls on US senate to back hydrogen, 09/07/08
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