University of Alberta's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Innovations

Title: Shell Eco-marathon: On-Track USA 2023 – Ecocar

Duration: 03:47

Description: Ecocar’s Fuel Cell Team Leader Marina Aziz discusses hydrogen fuel cell energy and sustainability.

Ecocar – Accessibility Transcript 

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Quiet, positive music slowly builds.

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Opens with Marina. 

Marina:

Check out how we're investing in the future of sustainability.

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We’re investing in the future of sustainability

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Marina voice-over:

We are the University of Alberta Ecocar team from the University of Alberta, based in Canada,

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University of Alberta Ecocar

University of Alberta

Canada

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Marina Aziz 

Fuel Cell Team Lead

Marina:

We think that hydrogen fuel cell technology is the way forward…

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Marina voice-over:

… for transportation because it allows a very high efficiency.

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High efficiency

Marina:

It is three times more efficient than your regular gas-powered vehicle and it emits zero carbon emissions.

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Three times more efficient

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Zero carbon emissions

Marina voice-over:

It only emits water and a little bit of miscellaneous gases that are already in the air.

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Marina:

Since the transportation sector emits one of the largest amounts of carbon emissions…

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Marina voice-over: 

… and as long as the fuel cell and the hydrogen is sourced in a relatively carbon emission reduced manner, the overall emissions and overall manufacturing…

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Marina:

… of the vehicle will be much lower than the traditional gas vehicle.

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Marina voice-over:

It's important to the Alberta Ecocar that we teach people about hydrogen fuel cell technology…

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We teach people about hydrogen fuel cell technology

Researching and investing in sustainable technologies

Marina voice-over:

… because researching and investing in sustainable technologies…

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Marina:

… such as hydrogen fuel cells pushes the industry to follow, as well as creating a knock on effect on regulations…

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Pushes industry to follow 

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Marina voice-over:

… and therefore de-stigmatises newer and sustainable technologies and energy.

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Marina: 

Our team takes part in multiple outreach events throughout the year.

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Outreach Events

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Marina voice-over:

… because we believe that newer technology is a great way to encourage the future generations to think about it as they're young.

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Encourage future generations

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Marina:

Typically, we speak at schools…

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Marina voice-over:

… ages from approximately grade five, all the way to grade 12…

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Marina:

… where we talk about what our car is, what hydrogen fuel cells are, why it's important in the transportation sector as well as for the younger students. What is efficiency and why is it important?

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What our car is 

What hydrogen fuel cells are

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Why it's important in the transportation sector?

What is efficiency and why is it important?

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Marina:

Depending on the age group, we kind of cater our talks towards them in hopes that we help them realise the potential and the ability to make change in society as well as in the industry.

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Make a change in society as well as in the industry

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Marina:

We've used our previous wins at Shell Eco-marathon to explain efficiency to students….

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Explain efficiency

Marina:

… by taking one of our previous cars that have won and calculating approximately how far it could travel.

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Calculating approximately how far it could travel

Marina: 

Our farthest distance was…

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Marina:

… from the University of Alberta all the way to El Paso, Texas, on one gallon of liquid hydrogen.

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Our farthest distance was from the University of Alberta all the way to El Paso, Texas, on one gallon of liquid hydrogen

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Marina: 

That's over 3,000 kilometres.

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Marina:

Energy efficient vehicles will make the future better because it's going to lower our carbon emissions.

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Lower our carbon emissions

Marina:

And once those carbon emissions are lowered, we're going to leave the world a slightly better place.

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Marina:

If we can alleviate just a little bit now, we can alleviate more later on.

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Marina voice-over:

And the future will be better, it'll be safer, it'll be healthier. And that's the most important thing.

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The future will be better

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Marina:

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