The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities and Challenges

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 12/9/2010
EAN 9780521178549, ISBN10: 0521178541

Paperback, 672 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 3.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

Responding to the sustained interest in and controversial discussion of the prospects of hydrogen, this book strives to reflect on the perspectives of a hydrogen economy in light of the global energy challenge, in particular the question of how to meet the growing demand for transport energy in the long term and how to secure sustainable energy for transportation. This book stands out from other publications by its emphasis on setting the scene for hydrogen, and the comprehensive coverage of all aspects related to the hydrogen subject. It aims to provide a reference and compendium about hydrogen that should be of interest to anyone who wants to catch up on the status of the hydrogen discussion, look up a specific aspect related to hydrogen, or understand how hydrogen comes off compared to other mobility solutions. The book should appeal to a fairly broad readership: academia, policy makers and industry.

Preface
1. Scope of the book Michael Ball
2. Why hydrogen? Michael Ball
3. Non-renewable energy resources
fossil fuels, supply and future availability Michael Ball
4. Non-renewable energy resources
nuclear fuels Michael Ball and Felipe Andrés Toro
5. Assessment of the potentials for renewable energy sources Gustav Resch, Anne Held, Felipe Andrés Toro and Mario Ragwitz
6. Carbon capture and storage Clemens Cremer
7. Energy chain analysis of hydrogen and its competing alternative fuels for transport Werner Weindorf and Ulrich Bünger
8. Hydrogen today Martin Wietschel, Michael Ball and Philipp Seydel
9. Fundamental properties of hydrogen Maximilian Fichtner and Farikha Idrissova
10. Hydrogen production Michael Ball, Werner Weindorf and Ulrich Bünger
11. Hydrogen storage Maximilian Fichtner
12. Hydrogen distribution Michael Ball, Werner Weindorf and Ulrich Bünger
13. Key role of fuel cells Frank Marscheider-Weidemann, Elna Schirrmeister and Annette Roser
14. Hydrogen infrastructure build-up in Europe Michael Ball, Philipp Seydel, Martin Wietschel and Christoph Stiller
15. Building a hydrogen infrastructure in the US Joan Ogden and Christopher Yang
16. Hydrogen and the electricity sector Martin Wietschel, Clemens Cremer and Michael Ball
17. Hydrogen corridors Martin Wietschel and Ulrike Hasenauer
18. Economic impacts of hydrogen Martin Wietschel, Sabine Jokisch, Stefen Boeters, Wolfgang Schade and Philipp Seydel
19. Sustainable transport visions
the role of hydrogen and fuel cell vehicle technologies Martin Wietschel and Claus Doll
20. Energy-efficient solutions needed – paving the road for hydrogen Eberhard Jochem
21. The future of hydrogen - opportunities and challenges Martin Wietschel and Michael Ball
Index.

Review of the hardback: 'This multi-disciplinary book significantly broadens the perspective on the prospects of hydrogen as a universal energy vector and fuel, and provides a very important addition to the policy debate over future sources of transportation energy and the role hydrogen can play for the decades to come.' Herbert Kohler, Chair of the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology