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Make Fertilizer From Thin Air? | Using “Stranded” Wind Power to Make Renewable ... Corn and Soybean Digest The $3.75-million pilot plant uses electricity from a nearby 1.65-megawatt (MW) wind turbine to separate hydrogen from water, and N from air. The gases are compressed and stored in banks of cylinders, then combined using a catalyst in a 25-gal. ... See all stories on this topic »

What the H?: Everything You Need to Know About a Hydrogen-Fueled Future Car and Driver Solar- and wind-powered electrolyzers exist [see illustration above], but renewable-energy costs haven't come down enough for them to be viable. “Once we have a market for hydrogen and a demand for it, as for the various ways of getting at it, ... See all stories on this topic »

 

Raw Story: Apple Patents Hydrogen Battery That Could Run Mobile Devices For Weeks...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/27/apple-seeks-patent-for-battery-that-could-run-devices-for-weeks/

While the article above doesn't speak about the scalability of the battery tech, if it is scalable, imagine what it could do for electric cars and renewable energy storage. If the difference in storage is weeks for hydrogen vs. hours for Lithium-ion cells, and top-end current Lithium-ion storage can take a car 300 miles...

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Announces Top 10 Science Stories of 2011 MarketWatch (press release) The development could allow a vehicle to travel more than 300 miles on a single "tank" of fuel, which is a benchmark for the US Department of Energy. The method represents a significant step toward practical use of hydrogen in fuels. ... See all stories on this topic »

Quantum's Schneider Power Wind Division Signs Strategic Agreement for ... Sacramento Bee Quantum's powertrain engineering, system integration, vehicle manufacturing, and assembly capabilities provide fast-to-market solutions to support the production of hybrid and plug-in hybrid, hydrogen-powered hybrid, fuel cell, natural gas fuel, ... See all stories on this topic »

Luxury Hydrogen Fuel Cell Boat Draws Electricity From Sea Water Gas 2.0 That includes drawing power from the sea, and while tidal generators and wind farms are already being installed, a luxury boat maker thinks it can build an hydrogen fuel cell boat, drawing power from the very sea water itself. France-based Luxury Sea, ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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Major Construction Complete at Town of Hempstead Wind Turbine AZoCleantech In December, the vertical assembly and major construction of the 100 kW Northern Power 100 wind turbine at the Town of Hempstead's Hydrogen station was completed. Pressurized hydrogen is manufactured and stored at the station. The hydrogen is meant for ... See all stories on this topic » AZoCleantech

 

GL-Zephyr: Just So Ya Know, I'm Still Here

I manually forward every one of those Google alerts - and whatever other stories I spot that belong here and I have time to format for this blog. It's not easy being a One Man Band, but it sure is worth it.

Happy Holidays from the Great Lakes Zephyr!!

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Town of Hempstead Completes Major Construction on 100 kW Wind Turbine Sacramento Bee During the week of December 5th, the Town's contractor completed major construction and vertical assembly of its 100 kW Northern Power 100 wind turbine at the Town's Hydrogen station where pressurized Hydrogen is produced and stored for use in a fleet ... See all stories on this topic »

Hybrid Power Plant to Supply Green Hydrogen for Opel Trial at Berlin Airport Fuel Cell Today (press release) Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) is an ideal demonstration partner as it has a TOTAL refuelling station providing green hydrogen; this is produced from wind power by ENERTRAG AG at its nearby wind-hydrogen hybrid power plant. ... See all stories on this topic » Fuel Cell Today (press release)

 

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German Hybrid-Wind Power Plant Does it All EarthTechling by Lauren Craig, December 14th, 2011 Germany has recently become a testing ground for innovative wind energy storage projects. Pilot projects in Herten and Falkenhagen are integrating wind power with hydrogen fuel cells to store excess power for later ... See all stories on this topic » EarthTechling

Anglo punts platinum fuel cells to provide clean power, cut carbon, sustain jobs Creamer Media's Mining Weekly The fuel cell can then provide the steady flow of energy from the stored hydrogen. “By using a fuel cell when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing, you have a very energy efficient, environment-friendly way of storing energy and then ... See all stories on this topic »

Renewable energy: As US dawdles, Germany is thinking 40 years out MinnPost.com "When the demand is low for wind power, we make hydrogen from the wind. We can then use the hydrogen as a fuel source." Storage of wind and solar energy is as big a problem for Germany as it is for the United States. Where will the electricity come ... See all stories on this topic » MinnPost.com

 

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Wind turbine part of town's energy plan Newsday (blog) Click here Wind turbine part of town's energy plan Tuesday December 13, 2011 4:24 PM By Newsday Staff Town of Hempstead officials Monday unveiled a wind turbine that will power the town's hydrogen gas production. The gas produced by using the ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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$7M Awarded for Hydrogen Storage Technology EV World The research may also advance energy storage applications that could enable more efficient use of renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in collaboration with Ford Motor Company, ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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Play the green way Reading Eagle The lineup he carries includes an assortment of solar-powered toys along with a few race cars that fuel up on hydrogen converted from distilled water. A wind-powered toy is also soon joining these eco-savvy ranks of fun mingled with the perfect ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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Vattenfall to turn wind into gas Renewable Energy Magazine (press release) In effect, the project will enable surplus wind energy to be stored in the form of hydrogen, which can subsequently be used to generate electricity and heat in power plants or as fuel for cars. The hybrid power plant is located 75 miles north of Berlin ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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Building a sustainable hydrogen economy EurekAlert (press release) He adds that hydrogen can be produced using renewables - water as the material source and wind power or solar as the energy supply for conversion. It thus offers a zero-emissions approach to fuel production for power generation using fuel cells to ... See all stories on this topic »

Chance to invest £7 million in NINES wind turbines Shetland Times Online The turbines started off in much smaller form as a council idea in 2008 to provide up to 1.6MW of power to the incinerator, to heat more hot water to expand Lerwick's district heating scheme and to make hydrogen for fuelling council vehicles. ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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Vattenfall converts wind energy to hydrogen gas CisionWire (press release) Vattenfall is now participating in a unique project that allows wind energy to be stored and converted to hydrogen gas. The hydrogen can subsequently be used to generate electricity and heat in power plants or as fuel for cars. The hybrid power plant ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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IIC SUPPORTS RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN ARGENTINA US$14 MILLION LOAN TO ... Power Engineering Magazine Hychico was established in 2006 to develop an alternative renewable energy program. In addition to running the 6.3-megawatt Diadema Wind Farm, Hychico produces and sells hydrogen and oxygen, and generates power based on renewable energy. ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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Wind energy concerns Kearney Hub Boiling water to make steam to turn turbines will soon be replaced by the fuel cell. The fuel cell is up to 80 percent efficient. Very simply put, the fuel cell separates the electron from the hydrogen atom and sends it out over the line. ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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Fuel Cell Technology: Gasification Game Changer? Waste Management World Electrolysers can also be used to generate hydrogen from water using surplus electricity from renewable sources such as wind, wave and solar. One of the challenges of these forms of renewable energy is that they are intermittent – you can have too much ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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We need thousands of new wind turbines to meet green targets, says Huhne Daily Mail This is partly because, according to the plan, Britain's 30million petrol and diesel cars and vans could disappear from the roads by 2050 to be replaced by battery or hydrogen- powered vehicles that can be recharged from low-carbon sources of ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Professor creates sustainable energy source Diamondback Online "The sun shines when it wants to shine, and the wind blows when it wants to blow," Wachsman said. "We need energy sources that are available when we want to use them." Because most of the public still associates fuel cells with the hydrogen-based model ... See all stories on this topic »

'Hundreds of thousands of jobs', clean power from fuel cells – Anglo American Creamer Media's Mining Weekly Metals were essential for enabling the whole carbon economy, with hybrid cars and electric cars that will be driven in the future containing three times the 20 kg-to-45 kg of copper used in today's cars. A 1 MW wind turbine incorporated nearly 4 t of ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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National Renewable Energy Lab Isolates Hydrogen For Power AOL Energy By Shifra Mincer In efforts to transition to a new energy economy, the US federal government has been loaning money to solar and wind companies. It has also been pouring money into research and development. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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New Projects Confirm Germany's Role in Energy Storage Segment PR Newswire (press release) And last week a new project to store wind energy via hydrogen in the German natural gas grid was also unveiled. At this year's International Renewable Energy Storage Conference from November 28-30 in Berlin, Germany Trade & Invest will have experts on ... See all stories on this topic »

Essential matter The Guardian From cleaning up pollution to solving the future of energy, nanomaterials can provide new tools to work on our largest environmental problems. They are already being used to improve wind turbines and to process hazardous waste. ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

 

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Updates: Hydrogen to be blended with gas Financial Express Hydrogen will be produced from wind and punmped into the gas pipeline. The company is undertaking a 5-million-euro pilot project in Germany to develop the technology. Under the scheme, a wind project will power the production of around 360 cubic meter ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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Wind Power Storage: It's A Gas EarthTechling by Pete Danko, November 23rd, 2011 The idea of storing excess wind energy as hydrogen is picking up steam in Germany, with a second pilot program popping up – this one from the big power company E.On. But there's a key difference between the two ... See all stories on this topic » EarthTechling

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Maui on track for a green energy surplus Sustainable Business Oregon While all of Hawaii is making strides in renewable energy, only Maui is looking at a green ... Air Products and Chemicals to convert wind power to hydrogen. ...

Partisan Divide Opens Up On Clean Energy EarthTechling ... research on wind, solar and hydrogen technology,” support was overwhelming, ... support among Republicans for solar power subsidies might be confused by ... EarthTechling

OTHER VIEW: Before Solyndra, a litany of failed energy projects TriCities.com The hydrogen car. Clean coal. These are but a few examples spanning several .... incentives for a new technology such as solar or wind energy to thrive, ...

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UW-Madison News Release--State farmers have biomass edge

On 11/16/2011 11:38 AM, UW-Madison news wrote:
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 11/16/11
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> Contact: Kevin Shinners, (608) 263-0756, kjshinne@wisc.edu, (608) 263-0756
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> FORAGE KNOW-HOW GIVES WISCONSIN FARMERS AN EDGE IN GROWING BIOMASS
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> MADISON - Wisconsin farmers have been growing biomass for generations, says Kevin Shinners. They just have a different name for it.
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> "Biomass is really just poor-quality forage," says the UW-Madison agricultural engineer. "We allow it to get very mature and it's really high in fiber, so it doesn't make very good animal feed, but it makes great biomass."
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> And Wisconsin farmers have a leg up in the business of producing biomass, says Shinners, a specialist in forage systems who branched out into bioenergy crops about 10 years ago.
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> "We have all of the tools to harvest and handle and process it. And an added advantage is that when we take biomass off the field, we have new places to put our dairy manure," he says. "When you take corn stover off the field, you're removing nutrients that you need for next year's crop. A Wisconsin farmer can apply manure, while an Illinois farmer may have to go out and buy fertilizer."
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> Wisconsin also is rich in off-farm resources. The state's custom harvesters are expert at chopping stalks and grass, and biomass could fit nicely into their schedule. After they finish chopping corn silage in September, crews could move on to corn stover or switchgrass in October and November, spreading fixed costs over more acres and keeping employees working longer.
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> In fact, under some business models, farmers might job out most of their biomass crop production. If the crop is a perennial, such as switchgrass, the farmer may spend more time in front of the computer and on the phone than out in the field. "Once the crop is established, he'll manage fertilization and weed control through an agronomic service, cutting and removal through a custom harvester and marketing through a biomass aggregator," Shinners says.
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> But even though Wisconsin farmers may be very much at home with the types of crops involved and the mechanics of producing them, they'll be on less familiar ground when it comes to marketing, Shinners notes.
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> "If you're a cash crop farmer, you're used to marketing your corn and beans through multiple paths, selling some out of the field, storing some, selling futures, to optimize what you earn on an annual basis," he says. "For biomass, you'll have to change your mindset.
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> "If a firm builds a large cellulosic biorefinery here, it will need an absolute dedicated supply," Shinners says. "If half the people in the area decided not to produce biomass one year, that plant would be a dinosaur." Meaning that a critical mass of local farmers must be willing to lock into a long-term production contract.
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> The economics of biomass are driven by the fact that, pound for pound, the stuff isn't worth as much as other crops. Profit margins may be slim, so farmers will need to produce as efficiently as possible.
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> That's where Shinners comes in. His research centers on streamlining the harvest and handling a variety of biomass crops, including such perennials as switchgrass and reed canarygrass, and annuals such as sorghum. But his biggest push has been in corn stover-the stalks and leaves and cobs left after grain harvest-simply because there's so much of it.
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> "There are some 90 million acres of corn being grown in the United States this year, and with the prices we're seeing, there's going to be more and more of it grown. If you're really interested in biomass, it's right there at our doorstep," he reasons.
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> Since profit-minded crop producers aim to make as few trips across the field as possible, Shinners' first efforts focused on harvesting both corn grain and corn stover in one pass. Essentially, he grafted a forage harvester to the back of a combine and hitched a wagon behind to catch the chopped stover.
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> This impressive 50-foot train of machinery worked, he says, but handling two crops at the same time slowed down the grain harvest, putting both yield and quality at risk. "That's even more of an issue these days, when we have seen corn go over $7 per bushel," he says. "As corn grain increases in value, everything that slows the combine down has a much greater economic cost."
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> Shinners is focusing now on a system in which the combine harvests grain and leaves the stover behind in a long, neat row. "A custom harvester could come in behind and chop these windrows and store them for the farmer."
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> Since buyers will need year-round deliveries, storing biomass crop until it's needed is part of the equation. Shinners thinks the best approach is one that dairy farmers use for forage-seal it from the air in long plastic bags or covered bunkers and let it ferment. "We know this from dairying: You can open up a silo bag from two years ago and it's still good quality," he says.
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> That fermented biomass could be good enough to eat-by livestock, at least-which may offer farmers a way to take advantage of the bioenergy market without having to wait for a biomass refinery to be built nearby.
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> "If we apply amendments like lime right before we store corn stover, the feed value can increase substantially," says Shinners. "So instead of waiting for somebody to develop a biorefinery in Wisconsin to convert stover to ethanol, why not divert some of the grain normally used to feed cattle toward ethanol production and use the stover to replace the corn as animal feed?"
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Rifkin's industrial revolution evolves from the bottom up Winnipeg Free Press Change our fossil fuel economy to renewable energy. -- Turn every building on Earth into its own power plant through the use of solar and wind power. -- Use hydrogen tanks, installed in every building, to store energy from renewable sources. ... See all stories on this topic »

 

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German test plant aims to store wind power as gas-grid hydrogen Greenbang That's why E.ON plans to develop a pilot energy storage plant in Falkenhagen in the northeast of Germany. The facility, being built at a cost of more than €5 million ($6.8 million), will be designed to convert wind power into hydrogen that can be ... See all stories on this topic » Greenbang