Clean Energy and Fuel Storage

Energy storage deployment and innovation for the clean energy transition

The clean energy transition requires a co-evolution of innovation, investment, and deployment strategies for emerging energy storage technologies. A deeply decarbonized energy system research platform needs materials science advances in battery technology to overcome the intermittency challenges of wind and solar electricity. Simultaneously, policies designed to build market growth and innovati...

Alkaline Fuel Cell with Intrinsic Energy Storage

A new high peak power density alkaline fuel cell ~FC! was fabricated using a metal hydriding ~MH! alloy as the anode electrocatalyst and manganese dioxide as the cathode electrocatalyst. The high-loading MH and MnO2 electrocatalysts not only gave a satisfactory steady-state power output, but also deliver additional power stored in the charged MH and MnO2 electrodes when the overall cell voltage...

Reversible Energy Storage on a Fuel Cell-supercapacitor Hybrid Device

Energy Management and Control Strategy of Hybrid Energy Storage System for Fuel Cell Power Sources

This paper deals with the design of energy management strategy (EMS) for a fuel cell hybrid vehicle (FCHV) with hybrid energy storage system (HESS) using energetic macroscopic representation (EMR). It discusses the design options including power, energy, and operating strategy as they relate to the energy storage system. The studied HESS is composed of battery/ultracapacitor (BAT/UC) system all...

A global clean cooking fuel initiative

This article calls for engaging the public and private sectors of developing and industrialized countries in a global clean cooking fuel initiative (GCCFI) to bring about a worldwide shift to clean fluid fuels for cooking and heating in 10-15 years’ time -with an emphasis on providing clean fuel to the poorest households. This initiative is crucial to implementation of the Millennium Developmen...