Renewable energy future sources

Renewable Energy (RE) sources are currently insufficiently exploited in the European Union the energetic potential is considerable, but currently they provide a small contribution of less than 6% to the EU s overall energy consumption. RE sources are expected, however, to grow considerably in the future, especially to comply with the commitments at both European and international level on environmental protection. 

In summary, fuel cell development is being accelerated both by the wide variety of applications and by the search lor cleaner and more efficient utilization of primary energy and, ultimately, renewable energy. Because these forces for change are unlikely to disappear, It is quite likely that fuel cells will emerge as one of the most important and pewasive power sources for the future. 

If hydrogen is made from decarbonized fossil fuels, fuel-cycle emissions can be cut by up to 80 percent. With renewable energy sources such as biomass, solar, or wind, the fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions are virtually eliminated. It is possible to envision a future energy system based on hydrogen and fuel cells with little or no emissions of pollutants or greenhouse gases in fuel production, distribution, or use. 

In view of the finiteness of fossil energy products, accompanied by growing environmental problems, it is necessary to establish new, sustainable and future-oriented concepts for energy generation. The goal of sustainable development inevitably involves the exploitation of renewable sources of energy. Therefore, the European Union (EU) aims to double the proportion of renewable energy from 6% to 12% by 2010. Currently, around 4% (69 MtOE = 69 x 1061 of oil equivalents) of the EU s total... 

The scope of this chapter is to present a concise and fundamental overview of the relationship between modem catalysis and chemical reaction engineering through one of the topics that will certainly be present among the future directions in both fields production of hydrogen fuel from fossil and renewable energy sources and its use in the fuel cells-based energy conversion technology. 

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