The Hydrogen Economy

Michael Ball studied Industrial Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, where he also received his Ph.D. in 2006 in the field of energy-system modelling, developing a model for hydrogen infrastructure analysis, which served as a tool for producing the European Hydrogen Energy Roadmap. After a stay as a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovative Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe, he joined Shell in the Netherlands in 2006. He has held various positions as project CO2 advisor, before becoming involved with hydrogen business development at Shell. Dr Martin Wietschel is the co-ordinator of the 'Energy Economics' business unit at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe. He is a Professor at the University of Karlsruhe and a Lecturer at the ETH in Zurich. His work focuses on socioeconomic and technical research, mainly in the field of energy and the environment.

Preface; 1. Scope of the book Michael Ball; 2. Why hydrogen? Michael Ball; 3. Non-renewable energy resources: fossil fuels, supply and future availability Michael Ball; 4. Non-renewable energy resources: nuclear fuels Michael Ball and Felipe Andrés Toro; 5. Assessment of the potentials for renewable energy sources Gustav Resch, Anne Held, Felipe Andrés Toro and Mario Ragwitz; 6. Carbon capture and storage Clemens Cremer; 7. Energy chain analysis of hydrogen and its competing alternative fuels for transport Werner Weindorf and Ulrich Bünger; 8. Hydrogen today Martin Wietschel, Michael Ball and Philipp Seydel; 9. Fundamental properties of hydrogen Maximilian Fichtner and Farikha Idrissova; 10. Hydrogen production Michael Ball, Werner Weindorf and Ulrich Bünger; 11. Hydrogen storage Maximilian Fichtner; 12. Hydrogen distribution Michael Ball, Werner Weindorf and Ulrich Bünger; 13. Key role of fuel cells Frank Marscheider-Weidemann, Elna Schirrmeister and Annette Roser; 14. Hydrogen infrastructure build-up in Europe Michael Ball, Philipp Seydel, Martin Wietschel and Christoph Stiller; 15. Building a hydrogen infrastructure in the US Joan Ogden and Christopher Yang; 16. Hydrogen and the electricity sector Martin Wietschel, Clemens Cremer and Michael Ball; 17. Hydrogen corridors Martin Wietschel and Ulrike Hasenauer; 18. Economic impacts of hydrogen Martin Wietschel, Sabine Jokisch, Stefen Boeters, Wolfgang Schade and Philipp Seydel; 19. Sustainable transport visions: the role of hydrogen and fuel cell vehicle technologies Martin Wietschel and Claus Doll; 20. Energy-efficient solutions needed – paving the road for hydrogen Eberhard Jochem; 21. The future of hydrogen - opportunities and challenges Martin Wietschel and Michael Ball; Index.