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    • Homeowner of solar-hydrogen house has $0.00 utility bill

    By Conrad Quilty-Harper | March 17, 2007

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    Mike Strizki, a civil engineer living in New Jersey has converted his home into a completely energy self-sufficient abode that runs exclusively on a combination of solar and hydrogen power. Using solar panels, a hydrogen fuel cell, storage tanks, an electrolyzer to split water into Hydrogen and Oxygen, plus a custom made fuel-cell car, Mike benefits from a utility bill of zero dollars, and the comforting feeling that his activities don’t produce any pollution. Currently the solution isn’t in any way practical for mass adoption — the initial cost was $500,000, with half paid by New Jersey state grants — but Mike thinks that he could reduce this cost tenfold with more research and mass market production lines. There is also some concern amongst experts like Joseph Romm, a former Department of Energy official who thinks that the current relatively inefficient technology and the high cost means that this isn’t a viable system for mass adoption just yet. Despite this criticism, Mike says “we have to start somewhere,” even if early adopters (in this case rich Hollywood types with a conscience) are required to pay out up to $250,000 dollars to get in on the clean energy action.

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