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First Commercial-Scale Solar Hydrogen Fuel Generator Opens in UK

Benji Jerew — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:03:06 +0000

Hydrogen fuel can indeed be produced via electrolysis, which requires connection to some kind of power source, be it a coal-fired power plant or an array of solar panels, and this raises a question… “Renewable energy, such as wind power and solar power, are typically intermittent, so how can they be used as a reliable […]

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Hopes for Solar-Powered Hydrogen by New Virus-Based Artificial Photosynthesis System

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:52:34 +0000

A team of researchers from the MIT, led by Professor Angela Belcher, used a modified virus as a biological scaffold for assembling the nanoscale components needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The bacterial virus is called "M13", and it's said to be harmless.

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Unexpected Discovery Brings Three Times More Solar Power

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:52:28 +0000

Sometimes, what we get is not what we expect - at all. For example, a team of scientists from Northeastern University and from NIST discovered by mistake how to produce more solar power by using the residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotubes. Now, physorg.com interprets this invention through the perspective of better hydrogen production, but improving the solar power capturing ability gives a lot more useful applications than only that of hydrogen production.

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Hydrogen to be Produced Cheaply With 19th Century Invention

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:51:14 +0000

G.D. Botto, an Italian inventor and physicist, performing experiments on a technique for hydrogen generation, has discovered that a chain of iron and platinum wires, wrapped around a wooden stick and alternately connected as thermocouples, can be used to convert a temperature difference into an electric voltage.

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