Monday, November 3, 2008

Creating Green Hydrogen with OTEC

Neal Rauhauser of the Cutting Edge has written a basic informational piece on creating 'green hydrogen' (hydrogen made with renewable electricity) using OTEC.

Hydrogen is growing as a powerful energy source, but it's difficult to extract and once obtained, it's difficult to store, transport, and work with. Ammonia is a carbon-free hydrogen carrier that can make working with hydrogen much easier, such that we can power vehicles with ammonia fuel.

But where to get the power to do this? Among other sources, from OTEC, of course. Rauhauser correctly points out that solar power can only work when the sun is shining, and a wind power site is considered excellent if it works 40% of the time, but an OTEC is online and working 24/7.

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