A “Giant Leap” For Clean Energy: Hydrogen Production Breakthrough from MIT
Submitted by TreeHugger on Thursday, 31 July 2008No Comment
graphic of hydrogen bonds (in green) between oxygen (white) and hydrogen (red): Focus
One problem with wind and solar power is that for either to be able to provide a round-the-clock source of reliable power, you need some sort of back up power source. Or you need to have some way of storing the excess energy produced during the day for use at night or when the wind isn’t blowing. Well, though it’s a long way from being commercially deployed, a new development by MIT chemist Daniel Nocera may bring the holy grail of renewable energy storage a bit closer to hand.
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