Future of Engineering
Friday, March 21, 2008
Some Japan Homes Run on Fuel Cells
Some 2,000 homes in Japan get electricity and heat water — with power generated by a hydrogen fuel cell. The technology is more commonly seen in futuristic cars with tanks of hydrogen instead of gasoline, a key culprit in pollution and global warming.
Developers say fuel cells that use natural gas to get hydrogen produce one-third less of the pollution that causes global warming than conventional electricity generation does.
So is this trend of fuel cells in homes that has started in Japan likely to spread to the rest of the world? Read on...
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2,200 homes in Japan run by fuel cells
Developers say fuel cells that use natural gas to get hydrogen produce one-third less of the pollution that causes global warming than conventional electricity generation does.
So is this trend of fuel cells in homes that has started in Japan likely to spread to the rest of the world? Read on...
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2,200 homes in Japan run by fuel cells
Labels: Electrical-Engineering, Energy-Environment-Engineering
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