Earth Protection
"Environmental" has become trite, and does not convey the profound, urgent, and necessary changes in the way our species perceives and relates to our fellow species on, and the the physical processes of, our Earth. We are especially interested in accelerating humanity's transition to a sustainable, equitable, benign, global energy system based entirely upon renewable (driven by radiant energy from our local star, the Sun) energy sources. Our earliest, most rewarding, investments in this direction will be energy conservation and efficiency. We also wish to help people plan their family size, so that fewer of our grandchildren will be competing with each other, and with other species for resources. We assist science education, so that we will better understand who and what and where we humans are, and to better understand Earth and our options for cooperation within its context and limits. Thus, we intend to invest wisely in Earth Protection, with both Foundation funds and with our personal involvement.
Conference Materials
National Hydrogen Association (NHA) Annual Meeting
- Sacramento, CA, 30 March - 2 April 08, National Hydrogen Association
- ‘07 Farm Bill: Hydrogen from Large, Stranded, Renewable Resources
Poster PDF 1.2 MB
Wind Engineering, Volume 32, Number 1, 2008
- Copyright © 2008 Multi-Science Publishing Company, UK
- Transmission and Firming of GW-Scale Wind Energy via Hydrogen and Ammonia
- John Holbrook, AmmPower LLC and Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation
Paper PDF 2.3 MB
IJER (International Journal of Energy Research), Volume 32 Issue 5 (April 2008)
- Special issue on Renewables and Hydrogen Energy
- Technologies for Sustainable Development Issue Edited by Bent Sørensen. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Running the world on renewables: Hydrogen transmission pipelines and firming geologic storage
Paper PDF 470 KB
Ammonia Fuel Network—Ammonia: a Sustainable, Emission-free Fuel
- San Francisco, 15-16 October 07, Iowa State University
- Fertilizer to Fuel: the ‘07 US Farm Bill
Presentation PDF of a PowerPoint 2.9 MB- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
Windpower 07
- Los Angeles, 4 June 07, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
- Transmission and Firming of GW-Scale Wind Energy by Ammonia Pipelines and Tanks
- John Holbrook, AmmPower LLC and Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation
Paper PDF
Solar 2007
- Cleveland, OH, USA, 7 - 12 July 07
- Running the World on Renewables via Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines and Firming Geologic Storage
Paper PDF 90 KB
Solution Mining Research Institute (SMRI) Spring Technical Meeting
- Basel, CH, 30 Apr - 1 May 07
- Running the World on Renewables: Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines with Firming Geologic Storage
Paper PDF 516 KB
Ammonia: The Key to U.S. Energy Independence
- Denver, CO, October 9-10, 06, Iowa State University
- Costs of Delivered Energy from Large-scale, Diverse, Stranded, Renewable Resources, Transmitted and Firmed as Electricity, Gaseous Hydrogen, and Ammonia
Presentation PDF 7.1 MB
Program PDF 106 KB
Audio MP3 4.8 MB- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
Renewables to Hydrogen Forum
- Albuquerque, NM, October 4-6, 06, National Hydrogen Association, Renewable Hydrogen Working Group
- Wind - source Hydrogen: Transmission and Firming via Pipeline and Geologic Storage
2006 International Pipeline Conference
- Calgary, AB, Canada, September 25-29, 06, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Hydrogen Pipeline Transmission: Updates and Opportunities, second panel forum
Hydrogen Production and Storage
- Vancouver, BC, September 11-13, 06, Intertech-Pira
- Hydrogen Pipeline Systems for Diverse, Large-scale, Stranded Renewables
Presentation PDF 17.7 MB
Audio MP3 4.2 MB- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
Energy Seminar
- Waterloo, IA, September 11, 06, The Leighty Foundation
- Energy Seminar
Presentation PDF 11.9 MB
Audio MP3 9 MB- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
HydroVision 2006: The Hydrogen Economy 2006
- Portland, OR, July 30 - August 1, 06, HCI Publications, Bonneville Power Administration, Northwest Hydrogen Alliance
- Worldwide Hydrogen Demonstration Projects
NREL seminar: Renewables and Hydrogen Pipeline Transmission and Storage
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, June 26, 06
Audio MP3 16.8 MB
16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference
- Lyon, FR, June 13-16, 06, International Association for Hydrogen Energy
- Compressorless Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines Deliver Large-scale Stranded Renewable Energy at Competitive Cost
- Proposal for a Northeast Asian Hydrogen Highway: From a Natural-gas-based to a Hydrogen-based Society
Paper PDF 2.2 MB
23rd World Gas Conference
- Amsterdam, NL, June 5-9, 06, International Gas Union
- Compressorless Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines Deliver Large-scale Stranded Renewable Energy at Competitive Cost
- From a Natural-gas-based to a Hydrogen-based Society: Proposal for a Northeast Asian Hydrogen Highway
Windpower 06
- Pittsburgh, June 5-7, 06, American Wind Energy Association
- International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility (IRHTDF) for Diverse, Large-scale, Stranded Renewables
- Proposed Northeast Asian Hydrogen Highway: From a Natural-gas-based to a Hydrogen-based Society
- Compressorless Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines Deliver Large-scale Stranded Renewable Energy at Competitive Cost
Poster PDF 740 KB
Power-Gen Renewable Energy & Fuels
- Las Vegas, NV, April 10-12, 06, PenWell
- Compressorless Hydrogen Transmission Pipelines Deliver Large-scale Stranded Renewable Energy at Competitive Cost
Paper PDF 1 MB
Hydrogen Initiative Symposium
- The Energy Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, April 5-6, 06
- Large Stranded Renewables: the International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility (IRHTDF)
Presentation PDF 14 MB- Video of this presentation, with live PowerPoint slides, is available on DVD by request to Bill Leighty, Director.
Ninth Northeast Asian Natural Gas Pipeline Forum
- Seoul, Korea, September 2005
- Proposal for a Northeast Asian Hydrogen Highway: From a Natural-gas-based to a Hydrogen-based Society
Paper PDF 3 MB
2005 Solar World Congress
- Orlando, FL, August 2005
- A 1,000 MW Windplant Delivering Hydrogen Fuel from the Great Plains to a Distant Urban Market
Paper PDF 300k
Windpower 2005
- Denver, CO, May 2005
- A 1,000 MW Windplant Delivering Hydrogen Fuel from the Great Plains to a Distant Urban Market by Pipeline
Materials Solutions, American Society of Materials (ASM)
- Columbus, OH, October 2004
- International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility
19th World Energy Congress
- Sydney, Australia, September 2004
- Large Stranded Renewables: The International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility
- Resources Available at WEC web site:
15th World Hydrogen Energy Conference
- Yokohama, Japan, June 2004
- International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility
Paper PDF 300k
Energy Out West: A Holistic Approach
- Sacramento, CA, April 2004
- What Hydrogen Economy?
Presentation PDF 21 MB
22nd World Gas Conference 2003
- Tokyo, Japan, June 2003
- Large Renewables - Hydrogen Energy Systems: Gathering and Transmission Pipelines for Windpower and Other Diffuse, Dispersed Sources
Windpower 2003
- Austin, TX, May 2003
- The Conversion Project and The International Renewable Hydrogen Transmission Demonstration Facility
