In February 2011 the UK Government announced that it plans to extend existing hydrogen refueling stops along the M4 motorway – connecting London to South Wales.
The ambitious scheme aims to transform the busy thoroughfare into the UK’s first hydrogen highway, offering motorists a true alternative to fossil fuels as early as 2015.
Wales has been designated a ‘Low Carbon Economic Area’ making it a natural springboard for green, low carbon technologies and fuels.
The project will include the installation of electric charging points, compressed natural gas and biomethane pumps to encourage green motorists to brave longer journeys.
Critics of the hydrogen highway point out that, at the moment, hydrogen production requires a lot of energy, making it relatively inefficient. Although efficient and renewable sources of hydrogen production are being developed presently.
Certainly the Field of Dreams “Build it and they will come” approach to green-fuels is optimistic but also likely to be the best way to encourage both investors in green-fuel technology and drivers to buy non fossil fuel cars.
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8511319.stm
