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Title

  • Main Title Effects of a Transition to a Hydrogen Economy on Employment in the United States

Creator

  • Author: Tolley, George S.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Jones, Donald W. Mintz, Marianne M.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Smith, Barton A.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Carlson, Eric
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Unnasch, Stefan
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Lawrence, Michael
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Chmelynski, Harry
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program (U.S.)
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program (EE-2H)

Publisher

  • Name: RCF Economic and Financial Consulting, Inc.
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 2008-07-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The U.S. Department of Energy report, Effects of a Transition to a Hydrogen Economy on Employment in the United States Report to Congress, estimates the effects on employment of a U.S. economy transformation to hydrogen between 2020 and 2050. The report includes study results on employment impacts from hydrogen market expansion in the transportation, stationary, and portable power sectors and highlights possible skill and education needs. This study is in response to Section 1820 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58) (EPACT). Section 1820, “Overall Employment in a Hydrogen Economy,” requires the Secretary of Energy to carry out a study of the effects of a transition to a hydrogen economy on several employment [types] in the United States. As required by Section 1820, the present report considers: • Replacement effects of new goods and services • International competition • Workforce training requirements • Multiple possible fuel cycles, including usage of raw materials • Rates of market penetration of technologies • Regional variations based on geography • Specific recommendations of the study Both the Administration’s National Energy Policy and the Department’s Strategic Plan call for reducing U.S. reliance on imported oil and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The National Energy Policy also acknowledges the need to increase energy supplies and use more energy-efficient technologies and practices. President Bush proposed in his January 2003 State of the Union Address to advance research on hydrogen so that it has the potential to play a major role in America’s future energy system. Consistent with these aims, EPACT 2005 authorizes a research, development, and demonstration program for hydrogen and fuel cell technology. Projected results for the national employment impacts, projections of the job creation and job replacement underlying the total employment changes, training implications, regional employment impacts and the employment impacts of a hydrogen transformation on international competitiveness are investigated and reported.
  • Physical Description: 173 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Greenhouse Gases
  • STI Subject Categories: 08 Hydrogen
  • Keyword: Geography
  • Keyword: Transformations Hydrogen, Employment, Epact 2005, Hfi, Hydrogen Economy, Transportation, Stationary Power, Portable Power, Fuel Cells
  • Keyword: Goods And Services
  • Keyword: Energy Supplies
  • Keyword: Fuel Cycle
  • Keyword: Fuel Cells
  • Keyword: Hydrogen, Employment, Epact 2005, Hfi, Hydrogen Economy, Transportation, Stationary Power, Portable Power, Fuel Cells
  • Keyword: Hydrogen
  • Keyword: Energy Systems
  • Keyword: Education
  • STI Subject Categories: 29 Energy Planning, Policy, And Economy
  • Keyword: Raw Materials
  • Keyword: Demonstration Programs
  • Keyword: Energy Policy
  • Keyword: Employment
  • Keyword: Market

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: DOE/GO/16064-F
  • Grant Number: FG36-06GO16064
  • DOI: 10.2172/945211
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 945211
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc895815
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