Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. A Framework for Thinking About the Hydrogen Economy; 5 3. The Demand Side: Hydrogen End-Use Technologies; 6 4. Transportation, Distribution, and Storage of Hydrogen; 7 5. Supply Chains for Hydrogen and Estimated Costs of Hydrogen Supply; 8 6. Implications of a Transitionto Hydrogen in Vehicles for the U.S. Energy System; 9 7. Carbon Capture and Storage; 10 8. Hydrogen Production Technologies; 11 9. Crosscutting Issues; 12 10. Major Messages of the Report; 13 References; 14 Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members; 15 Appendix B: Letter Report; 16 Appendix C: DOE Hydrogen Program Budget; 17 Appendix D: Presentations and Committee Meetings; 18 Appendix E: Spreadsheet Data from Hydrogen Supply Chain Cost Analyses; 19 Appendix F: U.S. Energy Systems; 20 Appendix G: Hydrogen Production Technologies: Additional Discussion; 21 Appendix H: Useful Conversions and Thermodynamic Properties

About the Author

Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use, National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering