Industry Overview
Currently the distributed power industry is dominated by diesel-fueled generators. We offer a clean solution that will fit into the environmental requirements of countries who have signed the Kyoto Protocol. Additionally, states like California are independently regulating emissions and cities like New York have experienced the unpleasant environmental impact of polluting diesel-fueled generators that supply backup power during a brownout.
Our path to an emissions-free system includes alternative-fueled and hydrogen-fueled engines, which are exceptionally well-suited for many markets, including the ground support equipment industry. Many airports utilize enclosed passageways for baggage tractors and belt loaders. Currently those routes are reserved for electric vehicles or vehicles operated by fuel cells. Oxx Power™ hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines combine two major needs: power and near-zero emissions.
HEC’s Oxx Power engines are configured to have the same form, fit and function as industrial engines currently in common use. These engines serve as replacement engines for the industrial user who has been dependent upon a manufacturer of traditional gasoline-fueled industrial engines. The initial Oxx Power engines are standard gasoline powered internal combustion engines. However, HEC’s engines can be easily converted to hydrogen or other alternative fuels in the future. The end user is in a position to adjust the fuel utilized, whether for cost or availability of fuel or a legislative environment that forces compliance with emissions.
Why Hydrogen
Hydrogen has the potential to eliminate carbon based emissions completely. Water is the only emission from a hydrogen-fueled engine. The environmental imperative of reducing greenhouse gases and pollution is now recognized by most developed nations throughout the world. Ultimately, greenhouse gases are believed by many to be heading the planet into an untenable, if not catastrophic, situation of extreme weather events, heating the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe, therefore raising ocean levels. The centerpiece in this worldwide recognition is embodied in the Kyoto Protocol, intended to cut carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The treaty was negotiated in December 1997 and came into force in February 2005 following ratification by Russia. As of 15 January 2008, 177 countries and 1 regional economic integration organization (the EEC) have deposited instruments of ratification, accession, approval or acceptance. The United States has not ratified the treaty