Isn't there a model community project in Toronto which used a hydrogen generator for all of its electric power? Does anybody have any details?
POC On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Keith Addison wrote: > http://www.enn.com/news/2003-04-25/s_4075.asp > > World's first hydrogen service station opens in Iceland > > 25 April 2003 > > By Richard Middleton, Associated Press > > REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A filling station for hydrogen-powered vehicles, > said to be the first in the world, opened Thursday in Iceland. > > "In time, what is happening in Iceland will show to the rest of the > world that hydrogen fuel is a real, commercial possibility that will > lead to a cleaner, pollution-free environment," Industry Minister > Valgerdir Sverrisdottir said at an opening ceremony on Iceland's > official First Day of Summer. > > He opened the station by filling up a hydrogen-powered Mercedes-Benz > Sprinter van, a prototype product of a European Union-backed program. > > The major partners in the venture are Icelandic New Energy, > DaimlerChrysler, Norsk Hydro, and Royal Dutch Shell. Iceland was > chosen for the project because 90 percent of its electricity is > generated geothermically or from hydropower. > > The European Union contributed 2.8 million euros (US$3.1 million) of > the 7 million euros ($7.7 million) cost of the project. > > In August, three DaimlerChrysler hydrogen-powered buses will be > introduced and tested for two years in Reykjavik. Each bus will have > a range of about 200 kilometers (125 miles) before it needs refueling. > > Another hydrogen station is to open in Hamburg, Germany, in May, and > others will follow in major cities in the Netherlands, Spain, > Britain, Belgium, and Sweden. > > "It is an important stepping stone along the long road to a > commercially viable hydrogen future," said Jeroen van der Veer, vice > president of the committee of managing directors of Royal Dutch > Shell. "We are confident that in time, hydrogen can make a > significant contribution to the global energy mix. But none of us > expect overnight success. Despite the years of hard work and the > existence of hydrogen fuel cell technology for decades, we are in a > real sense at the very beginning of the hydrogen economy story." > > Norway's Norsk Hydro developed the hydrogen electrolyzers that use > electricity to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen atoms. > When used in a fuel cell, hydrogen and oxygen again combine, and > water is the only exhaust product. > > Professor Bragi Arnason, head of chemistry at the University of > Iceland's Science Institute, said the nation's fishing fleet could be > running on hydrogen within 25 years. "Using hydrogen, from renewable > geothermal water in Iceland, is really only the first step towards a > pollutant-free environment," Arnason said. > > Source: Associated Press > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/cjB9SD/od7FAA/AG3JAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
