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HONDA'S
HOME ENERGY STATION
"Who
will make all the hydrogen?" is one of the biggest questions yet to be
answered in the field of hydrogen powered vehicles.
Current
oil
companies have an obvious interest in this because their ultimate
survival depends upon it. In addition to the oil companies,
car
manufacturers are getting together. GM, Daimler-Chrysler and
BMW
are joining up for a joint research project. GM is
on
record as saying that a global code of hydrogen production and supply
is required before they can go ahead and build the cars. The
GM
vision is for there not only to be pipelines and tankers transporting
hydrogen around the world but also for there to be local
production.
Just
how local is where it gets interesting.
How
would you like your
own hydrogen plant at home, in your garage? Using water and
electricity derived from solar cells, it should be straight-forward
enough to generate all the hydrogen you may require for your
car.
Honda has recently admitted it is thinking in the same way and has
plans for what it calls "The Home Energy Station" which will be capable
of powering the home and fuelling a car.
At
its research and
development center in Torrence, California it has had an experimental
station working since 2001. The electricity generated from
highly
efficient solar cells passes through a power converter which
amplifies the electricity to a high enough voltage to
electrolyse
water into its compound elements of hydrogen and oxygen. The
hydrogen then passes via a compressor into storage tanks for later
use.
So
in the not too distant future not only will your car run on water but
your whole house may be powered by it.
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