>>Honda Motor, aiming to start mass production
of fuel-cell cars by about 2015, is developing a
system using solar energy for drivers to make
hydrogen at home to fuel such vehicles.
While producing hydrogen from solar-powered
electrolysis would cut carbon dioxide emissions,
it is not yet possible to do it cheaply or in
sufficient quantity, said a chemistry professor,
Nate Lewis, who is also an energy researcher at
the California Institute of Technology.
Honda began selling solar panels in Japan earlier
this year to make electricity for homes.
The panels, priced at ¥57,500, or $509, each,
substitute a thin metal layer for silicone
typically used in photovoltaic panels to reduce
production costs and lower the energy needed to make them, Honda said.<<
[Homestead] Honda hydrogen and solar,
Rob, 11/11/2007