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Scientists may have found a new form of oxygen being created
Researchers claim to have found evidence of oxygen on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. They said that they found polymetallic nodules that produce an electric current and split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen in a process called electrolysis. “There may be enough polymetallic nodules to meet global energy needs for decades after,” researchers…
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It would be great if oil refineries were reinvented for a net-zero future
The United States has announced plans to build the world’s largest low-carbon hydrogen membrane-based production unit in Canada, Air Liquide said. The unit is expected to produce 100 million metric tons of low-carbon hydrogen every year. The unit will be built at an energy storage facility that will have a total storage capacity of 100…
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The new tax credits for hydrogen sparked a fiery debate
US President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed a new tax credit for clean hydrogen production. The credit is the most generous in the world for hydrogen production, Jesse Jenkins, a Princeton University professor who has analyzed the US climate law, said. The proposal, which is part of Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act passed last year, outlines…
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The source of life and conflict is water
Hydrogen producers could use recycled waste water in developing countries to raise the capacity to build wastewater infrastructure, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University. The water requirements for producing hydrogen by electrolysis begin with a simple calculation: every kilogram of H2 molecules requires 9 litres of H2O.
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How it is used is the most critical issue when it comes to water
The FII Institute said in its Outlook that climate change is increasing water’s danger. “Minimising its effects will require a large-scale push towards renewable power sources, but these tend to be intermittent, and therefore dependent on technologies to store and transport energy,” it added. Reducing hydrogen’s water footprint is important as renewable sources become a…