4.03 - Hydrogen Economics and Policy

Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 65-95

  Hughes, N ^a   Agnolucci, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal CCS; Coproduction; Economics; Electricity; Electrolysis; Forward commitment procurement; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Infrastructure; Low carbon; Policy; Production; Storage; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883741232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-087872-0.00417-0     Document Type: Chapter

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