The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R16
Executive Summary 1-7
1. Introduction 8-10
2. A Framework for Thinking About the Hydrogen Economy 11-24
3. The Demand Side: Hydrogen End-Use Technologies 25-36
4. Transportation, Distribution, and Storage of Hydrogen 37-44
5. Supply Chains for Hydrogen and Estimated Costs of Hydrogen Supply 45-63
6. Implications of a Transitionto Hydrogen in Vehicles for the U.S. Energy System 64-83
7. Carbon Capture and Storage 84-90
8. Hydrogen Production Technologies 91-105
9. Crosscutting Issues 106-115
10. Major Messages of the Report 116-122
References 123-126
Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members 127-132
Appendix B: Letter Report 133-136
Appendix C: DOE Hydrogen Program Budget 137-138
Appendix D: Presentations and Committee Meetings 139-140
Appendix E: Spreadsheet Data from Hydrogen Supply Chain Cost Analyses 141-193
Appendix F: U.S. Energy Systems 194-197
Appendix G: Hydrogen Production Technologies: Additional Discussion 198-239
Appendix H: Useful Conversions and Thermodynamic Properties 240-240

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FIGURE 2-1 U.S. primary energy consumption, historical and projected, 1970 to 2025. SOURCE: EIA (2003).

FIGURE 2-2 U.S. primary energy consumption, by sector, historical and projected, 1970 to 2025. SOURCE: EIA (2003).

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