tailieunhanh - Techno-Economic Assessments

In view of a possible climate change and increasing oil-prices, there is a need to change our rate of using carbon-intensive fossil energy resources in the future. Fuel cells and batteries have been proposed as technical solutions for energy conversion and storage, allowing for paving the way for a prospective world relying mainly on renewable low-carbon intensive energy sources. | Techno-Economic Assessments P Mock and SA Schmid German Aerospace Center DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts Stuttgart Germany 2009 Elsevier . All rights reserved. Introduction In view of a possible climate change and increasing oil-prices there is a need to change our rate of using carbon-intensive fossil energy resources in the future. Fuel cells and batteries have been proposed as technical solutions for energy conversion and storage allowing for paving the way for a prospective world relying mainly on renewable low-carbon intensive energy sources. For manufacturers considering investing into research and later on into production facilities for these technologies as well as for public planners and concerned politicians several questions with regard to a possible launch of the technologies arise Taking into account all relevant influencing factors do fuel cells and batteries have a realistic chance to gain a noteworthy share of the market in the future Are there any supplementary economical political or infrastructural measures available and possibly required to enhance introduction of fuel cells and batteries into the market What will be the overall effect of introduction of fuel cells and batteries in large numbers with regard to future fossil energy consumption as well as greenhouse gas emissions In general market success of a new technology heavily depends on its competitiveness with respect to established technologies in a particular business sector. Key factors are technological parameters as well as overall costs which have to meet the expectations of potential customers in order to influence their purchase decision. But how does one know if and at what point in time these expectations will most likely be met Regularly experts of a specific technological area are being interviewed for their opinion on future developments in order to assess the plausibility of market success of a new technology. However studies show that interviews with technological .