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98 FUEL CELL CARS WILL COME The fuel cell car is only at the beginning of its development. There are many demonstration- and introduction projects ongoing. Countries like South Korea, Japan, Germany, the US have significant research-, demonstration- and intro- duction programs for fuel cell cars, together with hydro- gen-production and hydrogen-fueling stations. All large car manufacturers in the world are developing the fuel cell car and some of them have announced to bring first series to the market. The learning curves of hydrogen conversion and fuel-cell technology generate confidence in a steady increase in efficiencies, life time and reduction of cost (34,36). Some of the car manufacturers have already performed experi- ments with the fuel cell car to produce power at homes. The development in the energy sector are also impressive and towards renewable energy generation. Wind and solar show double-digit growth in the past decades. Hydrogen could be produced by electrolysis ‘for free’ already today, at moments when there is an excess of renewable electricity produced by wind, solar and hydro. Countries like Germany, Denmark show this. Natural gas is abundantly available as a feedstock for hydrogen production with a low carbon- dioxide emission. And in future biogas can take that role.