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hydrohub

hydrohub

8.7
A central place that makes, stores, and sends hydrogen fuel
  • noun
  • Specialized
: hidrohub
  • The new hydrohub will streamline the production and distribution of hydrogen fuel across the city.

Examples

  • The government plans to build several hydrohubs to support the transition to sustainable fuel sources.

  • Investors are excited about the hydrohub as it promises to increase access to clean hydrogen energy.

  • Coupled with hydrohub development, investment in the global container revolution paid off.

    Academic text (2016)
  • However, rebalancing is threatened by flash floods, which the hydrohub cannot control.

    Academic text (2016)
  • On Clarke Quay, hydrohub infrastructure appears dramatically as part of the overall designscape.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Singapore buys and treats raw water on the mainland and pipes it across the Johor Strait into the hydrohub.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Today, the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve sits beside the hydrohub's biggest reservoirs.

    Academic text (2016)
  • In its current hard-edge form, the hydrohub may make Singapore more secure than its neighbors if and when climate change provokes sea rise, flash flooding, and faltering rain.

    Academic text (2016)
  • However, the port's present-day form as a technozone emerged as a consequence of the Marina Barrage, the hydrohub's foundational structural element.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Board (PUB), the island-wide hydrohub collects, encloses, processes, and distributes water and also supports an international center for training and experimentation.

    Academic text (2016)

Surface Forms

hydrohub singular
hydrohubs plural

Morphology

hydrohub = hub (semi-transparent) = hydro + hub

The structure is regular, but the hydro- element is a technical combining form referring to hydrogen, so the meaning is not fully obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Hydrohub combines hydro- and hub. The hydro- part comes from a Greek word for 'water' and appears in hydrogen, the fuel gas, and hub means a central place that connects things, so a hydrohub is a central site for producing, storing, and sending hydrogen fuel.