Hydrogen Articles
Jimmy's article: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/air-products-california-fueling-stations-offering-hydrogen-below-10-per-kilogram-300418581.html
Jimmy's summary: Air Products announced that it has achieved a pricing breakthrough at several California fueling stations , which offers hydrogen to fuel electric vehicles to customers at under $10 per kilogram. Air Products is a worldwide leader in Hydrogen fueling and infrastructure. In California, there are only five stations that supply hydrogen at this rate. Ed Kiczek stated that by lowering hydrogen fuel costs, the company would be more cost efficient with their fueling stations and overall supply chain. Furthermore, 22 of the 25 hydrogen fueling stations operating in California today include Air Product technology, equipment, and hydrogen supply.
Diane's article: http://www.topgear.com/car-news/geneva-motor-show/hyundai-has-built-hydrogen-fuel-cell-concept
Diane's summary: Hyundai has come up with the FE Concept. It is a hydrogen fuel cell, which gives us a fuel cell version of the ix35 crossover back in 2013 and still markets it in 17 countries around the globe. However compared to that, the FE (Future Eco) fuel cell is 20 % lighter, 10 % more efficient and 30 % better power density. The only byproduct of fuel cells is water, making it much cleaner than the typical car fuel emissions. Despite it's big plans, Hyundai alone does not have enough to force the technology behind the fuel cell through. Other companies have tried for years, but it's standard electric motors are currently getting all the traction among buyers. The company will still continue to release 14 "eco cars" between now and 2020, 5 hybrids, 4 electric cars, 4 plug in hybrids, and 1 fuel-cell vehicle.
Marti's article: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/burning-of-woody-biomass-more-harmful-than-coal-says-report-35475707.html
Marti's summary: It is reported that using wood for biomass power and heat is more harmful than other energy sources such as coal. According to Duncan Brack, an author for Woody Biomass for Power and Heat Impacts on the Global Climate, biomass may produce lower life-cycle emissions than fossil fuels; however, this is not the usual case. It can be seen that biomass gives out higher levels of emissions compared to coal and gas. Now, there is technology that produces water-resistant biomass pellets, which is said to be extremely environmentally friendly. From now on, all biomass power plants in the UK need to meet certain criteria that ensures they lower carbon emissions. Chris Huhne, the chairman for Zilkha Biomass Energy, defends biomass and states that "we moved from a world which was sustainable and had no impact on the climate to a world where we were digging up fossil fuels, whether it was coal or later oil and gas, and burning those.” Overall, carbon emissions need to be reduced when using power plants.
Tran's article: http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/14211/biomass-thermal-legislative-advances
Tran's summary: The Biomass Thermal Utilization Act (BTU Act), a federal investment tax credit on high-efficiency biomass heating systems. This act became one of the Biomass Thermal Energy Council’s top priority, and it came closer than ever to becoming law in 2016. If this act become law, it would make biomass thermal more competitive with other renewable technologies, and expand markets for biomass across the country. BTEC members also made progress with state-level biomass efforts, and if this is passed into law, facilities would be encouraged to use biomass to increase the efficiency of their thermal energy system. Starting this year, BTEC focus on developing codes and standards for biomass thermal energy in residential, commercial, and institutional buildings. In addition, BTEC also have other technical priorities that they would like to accomplish in 2017 like finishing touches on the Wood Energy Financial Calculator and completing laboratory testing of the first U.S. efficiency test standard for commercial-sized wood boilers.
Jimmy's summary: Air Products announced that it has achieved a pricing breakthrough at several California fueling stations , which offers hydrogen to fuel electric vehicles to customers at under $10 per kilogram. Air Products is a worldwide leader in Hydrogen fueling and infrastructure. In California, there are only five stations that supply hydrogen at this rate. Ed Kiczek stated that by lowering hydrogen fuel costs, the company would be more cost efficient with their fueling stations and overall supply chain. Furthermore, 22 of the 25 hydrogen fueling stations operating in California today include Air Product technology, equipment, and hydrogen supply.
Diane's article: http://www.topgear.com/car-news/geneva-motor-show/hyundai-has-built-hydrogen-fuel-cell-concept
Diane's summary: Hyundai has come up with the FE Concept. It is a hydrogen fuel cell, which gives us a fuel cell version of the ix35 crossover back in 2013 and still markets it in 17 countries around the globe. However compared to that, the FE (Future Eco) fuel cell is 20 % lighter, 10 % more efficient and 30 % better power density. The only byproduct of fuel cells is water, making it much cleaner than the typical car fuel emissions. Despite it's big plans, Hyundai alone does not have enough to force the technology behind the fuel cell through. Other companies have tried for years, but it's standard electric motors are currently getting all the traction among buyers. The company will still continue to release 14 "eco cars" between now and 2020, 5 hybrids, 4 electric cars, 4 plug in hybrids, and 1 fuel-cell vehicle.
Marti's article: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/burning-of-woody-biomass-more-harmful-than-coal-says-report-35475707.html
Marti's summary: It is reported that using wood for biomass power and heat is more harmful than other energy sources such as coal. According to Duncan Brack, an author for Woody Biomass for Power and Heat Impacts on the Global Climate, biomass may produce lower life-cycle emissions than fossil fuels; however, this is not the usual case. It can be seen that biomass gives out higher levels of emissions compared to coal and gas. Now, there is technology that produces water-resistant biomass pellets, which is said to be extremely environmentally friendly. From now on, all biomass power plants in the UK need to meet certain criteria that ensures they lower carbon emissions. Chris Huhne, the chairman for Zilkha Biomass Energy, defends biomass and states that "we moved from a world which was sustainable and had no impact on the climate to a world where we were digging up fossil fuels, whether it was coal or later oil and gas, and burning those.” Overall, carbon emissions need to be reduced when using power plants.
Tran's article: http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/14211/biomass-thermal-legislative-advances
Tran's summary: The Biomass Thermal Utilization Act (BTU Act), a federal investment tax credit on high-efficiency biomass heating systems. This act became one of the Biomass Thermal Energy Council’s top priority, and it came closer than ever to becoming law in 2016. If this act become law, it would make biomass thermal more competitive with other renewable technologies, and expand markets for biomass across the country. BTEC members also made progress with state-level biomass efforts, and if this is passed into law, facilities would be encouraged to use biomass to increase the efficiency of their thermal energy system. Starting this year, BTEC focus on developing codes and standards for biomass thermal energy in residential, commercial, and institutional buildings. In addition, BTEC also have other technical priorities that they would like to accomplish in 2017 like finishing touches on the Wood Energy Financial Calculator and completing laboratory testing of the first U.S. efficiency test standard for commercial-sized wood boilers.