SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

Section VI contains a summary of the conclusions and suggestions for future research. 

The organization of the study is as follows. In the first Section, a H2 production and distribution system is described. Secondly, capital and levelized H2 price estimates are investigated for each of the H2 system components. Thirdly, a life cycle evaluation of primary energy and GHG emissions in the H2 fuel cycle is performed. Sensitivity analyses are performed for the H2 price and the life cycle energy and GHG emissions estimates. The study concludes with a summary of findings and suggestions for future research. 

During the workshop, various participants made suggestions for future research needs in the area of bioinspired chemistry for energy. Most of the suggestions have been collected and are summarized below in Table 6.1. Further details about these suggestions may be found in the earlier chapters of this workshop summary, or by directly contacting the speakers. 

M.U. Thomas, S.S. Rao. Warranty economic decision mod-els A summary and some suggested directions for future research . Operations Research 47 (1999) 807-820. 

Finally, we conclude the dissertation in Chapter 6 with a summary of the research reported, and with suggestions for future work. 

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