Hydrogen based global renewable energy network

Conference · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:249762

Akai, Makoto ^[1]

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1. Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, AIST, MITI, Namiki, Tsukuba (Japan)

In the last quarter of this century, global environmental problem has emerged as a major scientific, political and social issue. Specific Problems include: depletion of ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), acid rain, destruction of tropical forests and desertification, pollution of the sea and global wanning due to the greenhouse effect by carbon dioxide and others. Among these problems, particular attention of the world has been focused on the global warming because it has direct linkage to energy consumption which our economic development depends on so far. On the other hand, the future program of The Sunshine Project for alternative energy technology R&D, The Moonlight Project for energy conservation technology R&D, and The Global Environmental Technology Program for environmental problem mitigating technology R&D which are Japan`s national projects being promoted by their Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry have been reexamined in view of recent changes in the situations surrounding new energy technology. In this regard, The New Sunshine Program will be established by integrating these three activities to accelerate R&D in the field of energy and environmental technologies. In the reexamination, additional stress has been laid on the contribution to solving global environmental problem through development of clean renewable energies which constitute a major part of the {open_quotes}New Earth 21{close_quotes}, a comprehensive, long-term and international cooperative program proposed by MITI. The present paper discusses the results of feasibility study on hydrogen energy system leading to the concept of WE-NET following a brief summary on R&D status on solar and wind energy in Japan.

• Research Organization: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States). Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• OSTI ID: 249762
• Report Number(s): CONF-930285--; ON: DE96008736
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EVALUATION
GLOBAL ASPECTS
HYDROGEN FUELS
PERFORMANCE
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
USES