WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 AT 8:00AM PT. Hydrogen in the Universe - and on Earth.
We are living in dramatic times of climate change and its impact on the Earth's environment, on our quality of life and on global migration of humans.
Hence, it is about highest time to change our way of energy consumption and switch to CO2-free energy sources. The most powerful and reliable energy source, which we could easily tab, is the Sun. With the power of the Sun (which is also responsible for the winds on Earth) we can easily satisfy the world's total energy demand.An issue which is often raised when it comes to the large-scale usage of renewable energy sources is transportation and storage as those sources are highly local and temporally fluctuating.
Nevertheless even here, the technical solution is ready to use: H2. Hydrogen is the most abundant element and molecule in the Universe, but unfortunately not available in molecular form (H2) on Earth. Fortunately, H2 is easily produced just from water via electrolysis and back-converted with via fuel cells.
In this talk, Prof. Dr. Robi Banerjee will give an (global/astrophysical) overview of how to realistically install a Sun and H2-based energy economy and discuss the next steps we have to take to be successful.
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Prof. Dr. Robi Banerjee is Professor for Theoretical Astrophysics (W2)
at the University of Hamburg, since May 2011.