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From: www.interia.pl

Translated by: Zbigniew Wybraniec

Island bets on hydrogen.

Island realises an ambitious program the goal of which is total resignation of fossil fuels.

Main source of energy, applicable universally at, both, the general industry together with housekeeping appliances and the transport industry is going to be using the hydrogen as the fuel, the burning of which is absolutely not harmful to the environment, as it doesn't cause any pollution. neither so called "greenhouse effect".

The program decided upon by the Parliament of Island envisages gradual increase of the usage of electric motors, fed by hydrogen from electric-piles (fuel batteries), in their vehicles. The hydrogen-fed electric battery exhausts only a water-vapour.

Electric energy necessary to produce hydrogen by electrolysis shall provide the network of dedicated hydroelectric power stations constructed at numerous, although not big, Island's rivers, and geothermal sources, which are plentiful in this rocky and abundant in volcanoes country. Island intends even exporting, in the future, their surplus hydrogen to countries in Europe.

Bragi Amasson, professor of chemistry from the university of Reykjavik evaluates, the procedure of swapping over to the clean, ecologically friendly power systems will take some 30-40 years time. At present on the roads of Island are moving some 180 thousand vehicles. This country owns also the fishing flotilla consisting of over 2500 trawlers.

Information source: PAP (Polish Press Agency).