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India: Tap solar power to harness hydrogen energy:

Tap solar power to harness hydrogen energy: Expert
The Times of India 1 september 09
CHENNAI: The residents of Tamil Nadu who constantly fret over the harsh summer that lasts nearly throughout the year better think again. “Hydrogen is considered an ideal energy carrier in the foreseeable future. It can be produced from water using a variety of energy sources, such as solar, nuclear

and fossils, and it can be converted into useful energy forms efficiently and without detrimental environmental effects,” he said.

According to him, hydrogen can be used in any application in which fossil fuels are used. “It can be used as a fuel in furnaces, internal combustion engines, turbines and jet engines, even more efficiently than fossil fuels, that is, coal, petroleum and natural gas. Automobiles, trains, ships, submarines, planes and rockets can run on hydrogen.”

The good news for a power-starved country like India is that hydrogen can be converted directly to electricity. To generate 1 kWh of electrical energy using a fuel cell, just 0.05 kg of hydrogen need be supplied.

Tap solar power to harness hydrogen energy: Expert – Chennai – City – NEWS – The Times of India

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