Comments on: Jump-Starting the Hydrogen Economy: AFC Energy Takes a Back to Basics, Commercial Approach

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:04:00 +0000

My objection was to the statement made in the first paragraph. I then agreed that if someone has found a source of hydrogen which does not result in additional carbon being released into the atmosphere, that could be a good thing.

My response was due to the thoughtless way hydrogen is pushed as a legitimate green fuel when, in fact, most of our hydrogen comes from natural gas.

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By: Brian Banks

Brian Banks — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:29:00 +0000

Bob, take a look at this link. http://www.afcenergy.com/RNS/110930_BetaCommissioningBitterfeld.pdf
AFC have a fuel cell system in place at Akzo using their waste electricity. It has passed the hazard testing proceedure earlier this summer and is currently being trialled with electrodes.

By: Akbweb2

Akbweb2 — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:02:00 +0000

Actually capturing pure hydrogen by-product from chemical plants and using it to fuel fuel cells is exactly what this is about…

By: Suailer

Suailer — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:55:00 +0000

BoB,
Not mentioned in the interview but did you know that in chlor-alcali industry is hydroge by-product and 1% of electricity generated worl-wide is used by this industry. That’s the prime target for the AFC’s fuel cells…. and that’s just start, if successful they could replace turbines as they are cheaper, more scalalbe, more flexible, more efficient. Next applications: UCG, waste gasification …
Will not happened over a night of course ….time will tell

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:43:00 +0000

I’m going to object even before I get past the first paragraph.

Please don’t try to tell us that companies have been installing “fuel cell systems as primary or back-up sources of clean electrical power”.

The fuel for fuel cells is not clean. Carbon is being extracted from below the Earth’s surface and ending up in the atmosphere as CO2. Current fuel cell generators are using methane/natural gas or hydrogen made from natural gas.

Now, if someone has a plan to capture by-product hydrogen and use it in fuel cells, fine. But that is not what is happening with fuel cells now in operation.