According to a recent CNet article, Las Vegas' success with establishing hydrogen as one of it's primary sources of energy is encouraging other communities to take a serious look at doing the same thing within their own areas.
Las Vegas has built a hydrogen generation station to run it's fleet of hydrogen fueled vehicles. The station is completely sustainable, using solar energy as it's energy source for making hydrogen from the electrolysis of water. It actually collects more solar energy than it needs in 24 hours, so it sells the excess to Nevada's electrical grid.
According to Las Vegas officials, there are several benefits of using hydrogen: improved air quality, more energy independence and creating new business for the economy.
Click here for full article about a community's use of Hydrogen as an energy source
Additional hydrogen related references:
Hydrogen Energy Center
DOE: Energy Kids Page - Hydrogen
DOE: Hydrogen Program
PES - Hydrogen Technologies
NREL - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research
The Hydrogen Economy
International Association for Hydrogen Energy
Guru's Lair - Hydrogen Library (links)
Hydrogen, Fuel Cell and Energy Links
Hydrogen (element)
Hydrogen Atom
Isotope Table
Whence Comes The Atom's Energy
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Hydrogen - A Viable Energy Source For Communities?
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I especially like the idea of using solar to generate the hydrogen.
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