Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 8:10 AM

Renewable Hydrogen Wind: The Next Economy. Fixed Price Environmental Transportation Fuels, Made in America

Keith C. Avery, West Wind Works, LLC

                                                          ABSTRACT

 Renewable Hydrogen Wind: The Next Economy
Fixed Price Environmental Transportation Fuels, Made in America, By Renewable and Sustainable Wind Energy

 

Every day the U.S. spends over $ 1 Billion at $70 per barrel of oil for  our transportation fuel requirements. There are no in place alternatives, and the majority of the fuel comes from volatile foreign sources. The demand and price for those diminishing resources is increasing exponentially. This offers a great opportunity for the market transformation to Renewable Hydrogen (RH), today. 

 

Many H2 products and devices are in the market. The major vehicle manufacturers have planned rollouts of thousands of fuel cell vehicles starting in the next year and moving forward. There are no guarantees for supply or price for the fossil fuel reforming at the pump.

 

Renewable hydrogen created from dedicated wind farms (RHW), will provide a plethora of market and industry opportunities, economic diversification and environmental benefits. Wind energies ability to provide 20 year fixed escalating electricity prices is the key to promoting RHW.

 

We are seeing thousands of MWs of wind energy projects are being stranded, as transmission constraints limits the electricity market penetration.. This creates the move toward developing the RHW resource. In North Dakota, Idaho, and Texas we already have small RHW facilities creating RH2 for commercial and fleet transportation.

 

Today, the amount of electricity to produce a kilogram of hydrogen is about 50KWs using the new GE electrolyzer. Wind energy priced at $50/MWhr can electrolyze water making RH2 at $2.50/Kg. Add $1.50 for transport and tax and we have $4.00 an equivalent gallon of gas. That is $4.00 today and for the next 20 years, (plus inflation).

 

RHW will utilize the best wind resource sites in the country, away from existing transmission constraints. Less costly turbines and no inter-connect costs will provide electricity to in the field, cost effective and efficient electrolyzers to produce  (RH2) which would then be stored and shipped to strategically placed distribution centers. With critical planning and industry and technology collaboration wind will become a major player and major supplier of Environmental Transportation Fuels (ETF).

 

When you buy your fuel cell car in 2011, RHW will provide a delivered fixed price fuel for essentially the life of the vehicle. RHW will look to contract with various large Auto makers proposing a coordinated roll out to supply fuel cells and Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (HICE) vehicles with RH2.

 

The result: a new contract with America. A contract between the auto makers and their customers will come with every car sale to provide pollution-less vehicles with a guaranteed long term price for fuel. Wherever RHW is installed, new sustainable money and energy is created out of the air and a little water. This collaboration begins the end of environmental pollution from combustion and provides energy and price security. In addition, instead of shipping out of the country $100 per barrel of oil, RHW reverses the deficit balance of trade, and relinquishes our sole (soul) dependence on fossil fuels for transportation.