Making choices about hydrogen : transport issues for developing countries /

This book is a product of the information exchange and learning processes that began at that meeting and led subsequently to the holding of a side event at the fifteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in May 2007. It reflects the continuing debates over hydrogen, fuel cells...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mytelka, Lynn Krieger, Boyle, Grant
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa : Tokyo ; New York : International Development Research Centre ; United Nations University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Hydrogen > Developing countries.
Fuel cells > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells > Costs.
Hydrogène > Nouveaux pays industrialisés.
Piles à hydrogène > Aspect économique > Nouveaux pays industrialisés.
Piles à combustible à membrane échangeuse de protons > Coût.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Fuel cells > Economic aspects
Hydrogen
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Tables and figures
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Acronyms
  • Part I Hydrogen and fuel cells: An ongoing debate
  • Introduction
  • 1 Hydrogen fuel cells and alternatives in the transport sector: A framework for analysis
  • 2 The Japanese strategy for R & D on fuel-cell technology and on-road verification test of fuel-cell vehicles
  • 3 The US Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
  • 4 Passion, purpose and partnerships: Building the hydrogen infrastructure
  • Part II Making choices about hydrogen and fuel cells for sustainable transport
  • Introduction5 Alternative transport fuels in developing countries and implications for approaching hydrogen
  • 6 The ethanol and biodiesel programmes in Brazil
  • 7 Diversifying the energy portfolio: Competencies and investment opportunities in Nigeria
  • 8 Egyptâ€?s policies and measures for sustainable transport
  • 9 Practical pathways towards a â€?â€?hydrogen economyâ€?â€?: A view from Iceland
  • Part III Hydrogen fuel cells and the global automobile industry
  • Introduction
  • 10 The strategies of the Japanese auto industry in developing hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles
  • 11 The race to develop fuel cells: Possible lessons of the Canadian experience for developing countries12 Automobile emissions and the environment: The Malaysian experience
  • Part IV Strategies and roadmaps
  • Introduction
  • 13 Transition to hydrogen and fuel cells
  • 14 Future prospects and public policy implications for hydrogen and fuel-cell technologies in Canada
  • 15 Hydrogen and fuel-cell activities in China
  • 16 Developing a strategy for the application of emerging hydrogen and fuel-cell technologies in Nigeriaâ€?s transport sector
  • 17 Hydrogen and fuel-cell technology issues for South Africa: The emerging debate18 Dealing with a disruptive technology: Issues for developing countries
  • Index

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