Growing evermore pressing is the need for clean and sustainable power sources. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis, recently brought the devastating impacts of unsustainable human activity, and the need for change, into sobering focus.[i] Technological solutions are required to transition away from traditional power sources, such as oil and gas, due to the finite supply and harmful byproducts that result from their production and combustion.
The rise of Tesla, Inc., a company whose name has become synonymous with battery-powered Electric Vehicles (EV), corresponds with the increasing global recognition of this need for change. With the spotlight on Tesla and battery power, many have overlooked another promising clean alternative to the internal combustion engine: fuel cells. Although first conceived of…
Cleantech in focus: Fuel cells
