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Government officials see hydrogen as fuel of future, but cost is high.
Publication: Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) Publication Date: 10-NOV-04 |
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COPYRIGHT 2004 Houston Chronicle
Byline: David Ivanovich
Nov. 10--WASHINGTON -- The drive to usher in a new hydrogen-run economy has taken a step closer to reality, with the installation of the nation's first hydrogen pumps at a corner gas station.
Hoping to show off the promise of a still-evolving technology, Shell Hydrogen and General Motors Corp. today will unveil two hydrogen dispensers at a busy Shell station just five miles from the Capitol.
The project is not really a commercial venture. The dispensers will be used to fuel only six fuel cell-powered Opel Zafira minivans owned by GM.
But the partners are hoping the availability of liquid and compressed hydrogen fuel at an otherwise typical gas station will intrigue energy policy-makers and the driving public alike.
Jeremy Bentham, chief executive officer of Amsterdam-based Shell Hydrogen, said the combined hydrogen-gasoline...
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