Proceeding towards a hydrogen-inclusive economy
Our civilization faces an unavoidable transition, from today's petrol-based paradigm to a more environment-friendly one, ultimately based on renewable primary energy sources such as the sun, wind, biomass or the earth's internal heat. Whatever the source, there will always be a need for an energy carrier. One such carrier is electricity, which is already being used worldwide. Another one is
hydrogen. Hydrogen is the lightest and simplest element in the universe. Clean, efficient and safe, it is the ideal energy carrier and has the potential to address most of future energy needs in a petrol-free system. In the short-term, a hydrogen-inclusive economy can already be envisioned thanks to
hydrogen production techniques based on renewable energies and to recent progress in the fields of hydrogen
storage and
distribution, and
conversion into energy for various
applications.
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