Law 270.7 - Lecture 13 - Small Hydro, Alternative Fossil Fuels, and Hydrogen

November 19, 2008

A discussion of issues related to small hydro development; There is a tremendous amount of oil trapped in Canadian tar sands and U.S. oil shale. There have also been repeated efforts to promote the development of a market for synthetic gas, derived from coal. For all three, economic, environmental, land-use, and energy payback issues dominate the concerns. State and federal law play a key role, as well; Many leaders talk about a hydrogen future one in which hydrogen fuel cells provide pollution-free electric power. Hydrogen must be derived, rather than simply harvested. Its production is energy intensive and its broad distribution would require a massive pipeline and storage tank infrastructure. We will talk about where the technology stands and how government is trying to help it to advance.

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Education

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• energy
• environment
• economic utilities
• alternative green power
• deregulation
• electricity
• electric fuels
• oil
• natural gas
• nuclear windpower
• geothermal
• solar
• photovoltaics
• biomass
• biofuel
• coal
• hydroelectric
• distributed generation
• rate setting
• design
• distribution
• efficiency
• demand side management
• response
• yt:quality=high
• Steve Weissman
• Law 270.7
• environmental law
• energy use
• energy law
• envi

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You may also want to look at the INL.gov "hydropower prospector" for more details on small hydro.