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Hydrogen power in real life: clean and energy efficient

 “Since 2009, a hydrogen powered street cleaning vehicle has been undergoing testing on the streets of Basel. The project is intended to take hydrogen drives out of the laboratory and onto the streets in order to gain experience on using them under practical conditions. The result of the pilot trial: hydrogen as a fuel for municipal utility vehicles saves energy, is environmentally friendly and is technically feasible. In order to make it cost-effective, however, the prices of fuel cells, pressurized storage tanks and electric drives must all drop significantly.” Read more at http://www.empa.ch/plugin/template/empa/1321/118160/---/l=2

Print posted @ Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:34 PM

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