Hydrogen Research
TECHNICAL REPORT SERIES
Potential for Hydrogen as a Fuel for Transport in the Long Term (2020 - 2030) - Full Background Report -
EUR 21090 EN
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
Potential for Hydrogen as a Fuel for Transport in the Long Term (2020 - 2030) - Full Background Report -
Matthias Altmann Patrick Schmidt Reinhold Wurster Martin Zerta Dr. Werner Zittel (Edited by Hector Hernandez)
March 2004
EUR 21090 EN
European Commission Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) Institute for Prospective Technological Studies http://www.jrc.es
Legal notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information.
© European Communities, 2004 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.
POTENTIAL OF HYDROGEN AS A FUEL FOR TRANSPORT IN THE LONG TERM (2020-2030) Full Background Report
i December 04, 2003
Preface
This study has been carried out by Ludwig Boelkow System Technik on behalf of the Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC/IPTS). It is part of the wider activities of the JRC/IPTS in the field of techno-economic analysis of emerging technologies in transport. Its main objective is an analysis of the prospects of hydrogen and fuel cells and the boundary conditions for the wider introduction of hydrogen as a fuel for transport. Industry stakeholders, researchers and policy makers have been consulted in the process and the findings of the study were discussed in two workshops. Other European Commission services and the Institute for Energy of the JRC were actively involved in the supervision and guidance of the study. Hydrogen is often seen as the most promising option to replace fossil fuels in the long term. In the transport sector, it can be a suitable energy carrier and under certain conditions improve the environmental performance. World-wide energy demand will
Potential for Hydrogen as a Fuel for Transport in the Long Term (2020 - 2030) - Full Background Report -
EUR 21090 EN
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
Potential for Hydrogen as a Fuel for Transport in the Long Term (2020 - 2030) - Full Background Report -
Matthias Altmann Patrick Schmidt Reinhold Wurster Martin Zerta Dr. Werner Zittel (Edited by Hector Hernandez)
March 2004
EUR 21090 EN
European Commission Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) Institute for Prospective Technological Studies http://www.jrc.es
Legal notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information.
© European Communities, 2004 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.
POTENTIAL OF HYDROGEN AS A FUEL FOR TRANSPORT IN THE LONG TERM (2020-2030) Full Background Report
i December 04, 2003
Preface
This study has been carried out by Ludwig Boelkow System Technik on behalf of the Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC/IPTS). It is part of the wider activities of the JRC/IPTS in the field of techno-economic analysis of emerging technologies in transport. Its main objective is an analysis of the prospects of hydrogen and fuel cells and the boundary conditions for the wider introduction of hydrogen as a fuel for transport. Industry stakeholders, researchers and policy makers have been consulted in the process and the findings of the study were discussed in two workshops. Other European Commission services and the Institute for Energy of the JRC were actively involved in the supervision and guidance of the study. Hydrogen is often seen as the most promising option to replace fossil fuels in the long term. In the transport sector, it can be a suitable energy carrier and under certain conditions improve the environmental performance. World-wide energy demand will