Comments on: Nanotechnology and the hydrogen economy http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2530 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Phillip Huggan http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2530#comment-334690 Phillip Huggan Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:30:56 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2530#comment-334690 The hydrogen economy doesn't work without solid-state hydrogen storage (cryogenic and high-pressure both consume energy to store hydrogen). Zeolites, metal-organic frameworks, whatever works. Regenerative PEMs combined with wind turbines or some solar cell varieties, will make a system with good closure in concert with a solid-state hydrogen storage substrate. The hydrogen economy doesn’t work without solid-state hydrogen storage (cryogenic and high-pressure both consume energy to store hydrogen). Zeolites, metal-organic frameworks, whatever works.

Regenerative PEMs combined with wind turbines or some solar cell varieties, will make a system with good closure in concert with a solid-state hydrogen storage substrate.

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