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Scientists Can Turn Regular Seawater Into Hydrogen Fuel | Engadget

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 mdbincbi

A team of scientists at Stanford have figured out a way to make hydrogen fuel out of saltwater. The discovery could open up the world’s oceans as a potential source of energy. Researchers view electrolysis, or the act of splitting water into hydrogen and gas, as a promising new source of renewable energy. But it comes with many roadblocks; a major one being that only purified water can be used in electrolysis. Seawater tends to corrode water-splitting systems. Read full story here: Scientists Can Turn Regular Seawater Into Hydrogen Fuel…

Renewable Energy Growing In Canada But Solar Installations Lagging Behind – CityNews Toronto

December 20, 2017 mdbincbi

by Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Although the cost to build solar power has plummeted over the last decade, a new report suggests Canadians aren’t rushing use the sun to make electricity. The National Energy Board today released its annual look at the state of renewable energy in Canada and it says solar energy accounts for just 0.5 per cent of all Canada’s generated electricity. And almost all of that exists entirely in Ontario, the report notes. NEB chief economist Shelley Milutinovic said the trend in Canada is…