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Tapping Energy From Solar Hydrogen |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / THE ENERGY REFORMATION: PART TWO |
| Author: Roy Mcalister |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1999 |
| Size: 2,981 Words, 19,515 Characters |
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Wind is plentiful in coastal areas and on the plains. Solar energy is abundant in the deserts. Rain and snow runoff from mountains and uplands gathers into rushing streams. Wave energy is available on large lakes and ocean coasts. These are some of our potent, renewable energy sources. Energy from these sources is already being harnessed to generate electricity in many parts of the world.
The problem, however, is that the energy supply from such sources as the sun, wind, and waves is unsteady. What can be done to convert their energy to a stable, storable form that can be tapped and delivered as needed?
The single most viable solution comes in the form of hydrogen. Energy from any of the renewable resources can be readily used to generate hydrogen from our plentiful supplies of water...
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...t being the threat to wildlife that oil spills impose.
Of course, the future will come with its own share of problems and challenges. But the problem of satisfying ever-increasing demands for energy appears to be soluble by turning toward solar hydrogen.
FOOTNOTE:
FOOTNOTE: *Efficiencies reported here are the ratio of electricity produced to the heating value of the fuel consumed.
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