USCRF Board of Directors Meeting
February 2004
Biomass (USC)
•Center is part of a long-term strategy to
supplement the petroleum-energy economy with a renewable-hydrogen economy.
•The
significant from the the projections of
a doubling in the demand for electricity in North America and the need for
the equivalent of 100-500
large power plants by 2030.
•The
US Department of Energy projects hydrogen from biomass to be one of those sources in the next 30
years and projections for a Europe and Japan include a market of biomass-based
hydrogen fuel cells
much sooner.