Tokyo's Olympic Bet on Hydrogen Power
The city is spending big money to make fuel cells affordable. Is that the right way to cut carbon?
Citylab.com | Julian Spector | June 2, 2016
Savvy cities design their Olympic facilities to add value after the games finish. Tokyo’s leader isn’t just thinking about real estate, though: he’s using the athletic village for the 2020 Olympics to kickstart a transition to a hydrogen-powered society...snip
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The most profound legacy of this hydrogen transition will likely be how it changes the playing field elsewhere in the world.
“Utilizing the Olympic Games as a way to motivate and really transform their infrastructure is really quite exciting,” MIT’s Shao-Horn says. “Whatever learning they have, I think it will benefit other cities, states, or countries that want to push in this direction.”...snip
...“What you need is a proof of concept, something that is an ideal that you're going to aim for,” Grasso, the environmental engineer, says. “If you can prove something like a hydrogen society can work in a city like Tokyo, then it’s a matter of how do we scale it, how do we ensure that all the ancillary consequences have been addressed, and you only really do this by testing it out.”
Tokyo, as the governor declared, has the money to bet on this long-simmering technology. If it doesn’t take off, then Masuzoe paid a premium for cleaner local air. And if a flock of other cities hears the bell and follows along, there will be no doubt of who wins that title of model environmental city.
Full Article: http://www.citylab.com/tech/2016/06/tokyo-japan-2020-olympics-hydrogen-power-olympic-village-yoichi-masuzoe/482205/
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