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Transport future driven by hydrogen
China has listed rational use of hydrogen into its energy development strategy and will raise investment for research of automobiles powered by hydrogen cells. The chinese Ministry of Science and Technology set aside more than 400 million yuan (US$48.2 million) for research on hydrogen cell-driven automobiles in the first five years of this century, said Lun Jingguang, state coordinator with China Fuel Cell Bus Program Office. Development and widespread use of automobiles powered by hydrogen will be of great significance to alleviating China's energy shortage crisis, reducing pollution and reigning in greenhouse gas emission, experts say. Information from a recent international symposium on China's strategy for development of hydrogen-powered automobiles held in Shanghai said the country had long ago started development and utilization of hydrogen energy. Shanghai and Beijing, which are assigned with the task of developing hydrogen-powered sedan cars and buses, respectively, have already worked out the second-generation products. And hydrogen-powered automobiles will be in service during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the World Expo scheduled to be held in Shanghai in 2010. Ouyang minggao, a professor with the Automotive Engineering Department of Qinghua University, said China would be able to develop buses powered by hydrogen in 2015 and cars in 2020, with the hydrogen cells much cheaper than similar products made overseas. Professor xiao Yunhan with the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences added use of hydrogen has proved to be an efficient way to solve the energy problem in the countryside and improve the environmental situation, as well as to improve farmers' living standards. |
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