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Hydrogen

As Peak Oil unfolds a physical shortfall in liquids and gas fuels will result. Of those available, costs will rise :

If we want energy we must

Reduce demand substantially
And find alternatives to these fossils.
Or pay the price, if we can afford it.

There is an alternative to communities’ use of petrol, diesel, kerosene, natural gas, LPG etc. Local hydrogen production from renewable energy can, and will, replace imported fossil fuels (assuming enough renewable energy). The more remote the location the easier it becomes.

Technically it is easy. Financially it can be economic NOW with he right conditions. The hardest part is:

Recognising the threat
Understanding the opportunity
Getting no technical people to make decisions
Funding the projects
Fear of the unknown, resistance to change, bloody mindedness

What we can do for you

If you have any hydrogen aspirations ReGenTech offers to:

Understand you aspirations, what why, when
Develop the project conceptual thinking and justification
Advise you of the solutions best suited to your project, bottled or locally produced
Design install Commission your hydrogen production storage and control system
System training and service support
Advice and services in securing budget support
Metering, data logging and performance logging

How Hydrogen gas can be used

For those of us of more mature years we will remember town gas. This was 51% hydrogen produced from the local coal works. Hydrogen gas can be used

Gas hobs, ovens, cookers barbecues
Catalytic burners
Welding
Internal combustion engines, gas turbines
Any system that combusts fossil fuels

Hydrogen is the fuel of choice for many fuel cell systems

Simple Hydrogen facts

Hydrogen is a £1b per year industry in the UK NOW
Handled correctly it is safer than petroleum and gas
Hydrogen is developing across the world today at an accelerating pace
The biggest drawback is the volumetric energy density. It takes a lot of volume for Hydrogen Storage

Hydrogen Sources

Natural Gas, natural gas through steam reformation (95% current production)
Electrolysis, electrical current breaks the H and O bonds in water H2O
Industry by products, a by product in refineries, chlorine, and chemical products, often flared
Bio-gasses, hydrogen can be derived from anaerobic digestion methane gas.
Photo-catalysis, is where the photons in direct sunlight breaks down the H2O molecular bonds
Photo synthesis, by copying the photosynthesis process hydrogen can be produced directly from organisms

World investment in hydrogen technologies is now in £billions.

Hydrogen lab at Lewes Castle College Conceived by Dave McGrath, designed and installed by Stuart Graham