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| Posted Jun 9, 2005 PT |
Chewonki Foundation anticipates hydrogen will solve problem of renewable resources
Last year America spent $180.7 billion on crude oil, comments Paul Faulstich at the Chewonki Foundation's sustainable energy conference. The foundation is in the process of installing a fuel cell system that converts water and solar power into hydrogen. Working in partnership with the Hydrogen Energy Center, they have spent $140,000 in materials alone to install a hydrogen fuel cell system that uses solar energy from solar panels and some electricity to run an electrolyzer. The three fuel cells can produce 3 megawatt-hours of power. Also on the horizon, the foundation is excited about "Bifuel" cars that switch between hydrogen to gasoline, and hydrogen-electric hybrids. Scientists predict these vehicles will be available by 2020, said Faulstich.
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- To that end, Chewonki is in the process of installing a fuel-cell system that uses well water and solar power to create hydrogen, which can fully power the environmental education group's energy-efficient headquarters for four days.
- Along with portable solar panels, turbines to harness the currents of a tidal river and household-scale windmills, hydrogen fuel cells were presented as technologies that likely will become part of our lives over the next generation.
- "Even though we have fossil fuels to keep us going for a long time, we can choose a better way," said Rick Smith of the Hydrogen Energy Center in Portland.
- Last year America spent $180.7 billion on crude oil - not counting the defense spending required to keep sources secure, said Smith and his colleague Paul Faulstich.
- The Chewonki Foundation, working in partnership with the Hydrogen Energy Center, has spent $140,000 in materials alone to install a hydrogen fuel cell system, which is expected to go on line this summer.
- The system draws water from a well, then uses solar energy from photovoltaic panels on the roof and some power purchased from the electric grid (likely from a "green" power provider such as Maine Interfaith Power and Light) to run an electrolyzer, a machine that extracts hydrogen gas from the water.
- "Think of hydrogen as like a battery," Faulstich said.
- "Bifuel" cars, offering drivers the opportunity to switch from hydrogen to gasoline, vehicles equipped to run on natural gas-hydrogen blend, and hydrogen-electric hybrids already are being produced experimentally.
- Working with Peter Arnold of Chewonki, he demonstrated hydrogen's power by filling soap bubbles with hydrogen gas, then touching a flame to a mass of bubbles cupped in Arnold's hands.
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