Making choices about hydrogen: transport issues for developing countries - Softcover

United Nations University

Softcover

ISBN 10: 928081155X ISBN 13: 9789280811551

Publisher: UN Distributed Titles, 2008

Synopsis

Since the mid-1990s, the emergence of hydrogen economy and the speed with which it will arrive have been vigorously debated. As a disruptive technology, dominant designs for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen have not yet been established. Not have performance characteristics been achieved to compete with the existing combustion engine, though the efficiency and durability of hydrogen fuel cells are improving. This publication highlights the uncertainties involved in making choices about hydrogen and fuel cells in planning the development policies on national energy, environment and transport sector.

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About the Author

Lynn K. Mytelka is a professorial fellow at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht, where she is director of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Project, and a distinguished research professor at Carleton University in Ottawa. She formerly served as director of UNU-INTECH. Grant Boyle conducted policy research on energy and the environment at UNU-IAS in Yokohama, before serving as associate project coordinator of the UNU HFC Project 2004-2006.

Edition details

• Publisher: UN Distributed Titles
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 928081155X
• ISBN 13: 9789280811551
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 411
• Editor: Mytelka Lynn K., Boyle Grant