Energy efficiency hydrogen transport

Studies have shown that a pipeline network infrastructure is the most cost-effective and energy-efficient method to transport hydrogen in large quantities over long distance—as... 

Economical analysis has shown that a pipeline network infrastructure is the most cost-effective and energy-efficient method to transport hydrogen in large quantities from the point of production to the point of use over a long distance. A complete hydrogen pipeline infrastructure will include both transmission and distribution to minimize the overall hydrogen transport cost. 

As for the competition between hydrogen and electricity from renewable energies in the transport sector, it is clear that the use of renewable electricity in battery-electric vehicles is by far the most efficient application and yields a much higher C02 reduction than hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, owing to the high discharge rate of... 

Methanol can be produced from biomass, essentially any primary energy somce. Thus, the choice of fuel in the transportation sector is to some extent determined by the availability of biomass. As regards to the difference between hydrogen and methanol production costs, conversion of natural gas, biomass and coal into hydrogen is generally more energy efficient and less expensive than the conversion into methanol. 

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