In short, instead of forcing everything to electrify or everything to use your fuel of choice, letās develop the necessary technology and infrastructure then use it for the appropriate application ā including taking advantage of the merits of hydrogen for long haul heavy trucking operation. In so doing, we can accelerate the proliferation of clean energy in the transportation sectorā¦
āWeāre splitting water with a combination of electricity and this high temperature steam,ā Gross says. āAnd thatās what leads to a breakthrough in efficiency, and that leads to an eventual breakthrough in price.ā Because the technology uses steam, it can use less electricity, making it as much as 45% more efficient. Since it also can run throughout the night, āweā¦
More recently, ZeroAvia experienced a bad news/good news scenario when its hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered Piper Malibu Mirage M350 crash landed last April. The good news was that no one was hurt, despite the plane losing a wing. Better still, with no fuel to leak and no hot engine to ignite it, there was no Hindenburg-like conflagration. āThe hydrogen system itself all heldā¦
But greening Massachusettsā electric grid through offshore wind and other renewable sources will take years, if not decades, said Bob Rio, a senior vice president at AIM. Right now, he said, the majority of New Englandās electricity still comes from natural gas-fueled power plants, so itās important to look at alternatives that could reduce carbon emissions, such as hydrogen. Meanwhileā¦