Natural gas as a bridge to hydrogen transportation fuel: Insights from the literature

Energy Policy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2018, Pages 317-329

  Ogden, Joan ^a   Jaffe, Amy Myers ^a   Scheitrum, Daniel ^a   McDonald, Zane ^a   Miller, Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative transportation fuels; Energy infrastructure transition; Fuel cell vehicles; Hydrogen; Natural gas; Power to gas

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BLENDING; FUEL CELLS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES;

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FUEL; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSITION; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; POWER; POWER TO GAS; RENEWABLE HYDROGENS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; ZERO EMISSION;

NATURAL GAS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; FUEL CELL; HYDROGEN; NATURAL GAS;

EID: 85040982739     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.12.049     Document Type: Article

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