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Finding New Ways to Store & Transport Hydrogen in Support of Renewable Energy

Finding New Ways to Store & Transport Hydrogen in Support of Renewable Energy
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Green Chem Essential
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Summary
Hydrogen holds tremendous promise as a medium for storing energy generated by renewable sources such as wind and solar. However, storing hydrogen has traditionally involved very high pressures or very cold temperatures, methods that lead to cost and safety challenges.

In this episode of Green Chem Essential, with host James Rea, Dr. Tom Autrey and his fellow researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discuss how they are testing new ways to store hydrogen at normal temperatures and pressures. One method involves binding the hydrogen to a chemical medium. Because they’re using a green chemistry approach, the chemicals they’re testing are as benign as baking soda.

This episode includes 1) a 5-minute preview video, 2) a 32-minute video of the full interview... and 3) a soon-to-be-released audio podcast version.

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Green Chemistry Principles
Designing Safer Chemicals
Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
Design for Energy Efficiency
Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Affordable and Clean Energy
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Climate Action
Learning Goals/Student Objectives
The goal of this episode is 1) to offer a specific look at this research that's attempting to find new ways to use hydrogen for energy storage and 2) to help students and others understand the potential inherent in green chemistry for helping us to achieve our sustainability and climate change goals.
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Context-based learning
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Student-centered learning
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32 minutes to watch the full episode ; 5 minutes to watch the highlights video

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