(Natural News) Hydrogen might just be the fuel of the future. An energy carrier like electricity, it can store tremendous amounts of energy and power places with no access to the power grid. And whether it’s used in a fuel cell or burned to create heat, its only byproducts are clean water and heat. But the “hydrogen […]

(Natural News) A group of researchers from Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan led by Professor Yuji Iwamoto collaborated with researchers from France to successfully demonstrate how a novel membrane allows highly selective separation of hydrogen gas generated from the photoelectrochemical (PEC) reaction. “Membrane separation is attractive as a low-cost hydrogen gas purification technology. However, current […]

(Natural News) New study suggests that the inner core of Earth may be filled with a bizarre substance that is neither solid nor liquid. Scientists, for more than half a century, assumed that Earth’s deepest recesses consist of a molten outer core surrounding a densely compressed ball of solid iron alloy. But new research, published last Feb. 9 in the […]

(Natural News) Many European steel, cement and petrochemicals companies are exploring hydrogen to reduce their carbon footprints and meet emissions deadlines set by the European Union (EU). But many roadblocks such as the lack of hydrogen infrastructure may stall goals of decarbonizing “heavy” industry and ushering in the “hydrogen economy,” according to a report last week from the Financial Times. EU companies […]

(Natural News) The key to efficient solar-to-chemical energy conversion lies in enabling uniform dispersion and intimate contact of co-catalysts, explain researchers from Shinshu University in Japan. In their report, which was published in Nature Communications, they explained how a single-crystalline barium tantalum oxynitride (BaTaO2N) photocatalyst effectively improved the performance of photoexcited electrons. Photocatalysts a cost-effective solution to splitting water Recent research […]

(Natural News) A new analysis shows that methanol fuel cells are more efficient at producing electricity than hydrogen fuel cells. Fuel cells use hydrogen – the most abundant element in the universe – to produce clean and efficient electricity to power cars, trucks, buses and ships, as well as even homes and businesses. Hydrogen is considered […]

(Natural News) NextEra Energy will use solar power from its principal subsidiary Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) to produce green hydrogen through a 20-megawatt electrolysis system. The hydrogen will then be used to replace some of the natural gas burned at FPL’s Okeechobee Clean Energy Center in Florida. Unlike blue hydrogen, which is created […]

(Natural News) Chile has announced plans to begin a competitive process that will award $50 million in subsidies for green-hydrogen projects. The prospect of getting these subsidies has attracted multiple investors as the country looks to become carbon neutral. The Chilean Ministry of Energy has identified about 40 projects that could receive subsidies, which would be awarded […]

(Natural News) Researchers from the California Institute of Technology found that most of the “missing” water on Mars did not really escape into space. Instead, the bulk of Martian water likely remained on the planet, locked up inside its crust through water-bearing minerals. Where did the water on Mars go? Scientists long suspected that liquid water used […]

(Natural News) New York-based Hyzon Motors announced on Monday, March 1, its plans to build just outside Chicago the largest production facility for fuel cell components for commercial vehicles in the United States. The hydrogen-powered truck and bus manufacturer is leasing a 28,000-square-foot facility it has dubbed the Hyzon Innovation Center in the Chicago suburb […]