Seawater split to produce green hydrogen

[Meredith Poor + 883]

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/01/30/seawater-split-to-produce-green-hydrogen

 

[Rob Plant + 2,608]

7 hours ago, Meredith Poor said:

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/01/30/seawater-split-to-produce-green-hydrogen

 

That sounds like it should be far more econimically viable than current methods as theres no pre-treatment.

If they can scale it up to make it commercially viable it could be a real breakthrough.

Thanks for sharing!

[markslawson + 1,042]

19 hours ago, Meredith Poor said:

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/01/30/seawater-split-to-produce-green-hydrogen

 

The research is certainly interesting. I note that they don't say what the catalyst is, but if it works out on a commercial level it would remove on the objections to storing and trading energy through hydrogen. But only one. Renewable energy can be generated anywhere using cheap Chinese equipment, so if a country wanted to buy expensive intermittent electricity why wouldn't they set up their own projects? Granted some countries may have space advantages but floating wind generators are all the rage - why not have a bank of them, say, off the coast of Singapore connected by cable to the city's power grid and never mind hydrogen? It would be expensive but so is using hydrogen. (Singapore has recently declared it would prefer hydrogen to power through a subsea cable, and even has an impressive sounding strategy in place. This mainly involves further study of the issue - just like all the other plans.)   

[Ron Wagner + 643]

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