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17 December 2012

Jst442cs-1354770400 — It’s time to take solar transport fuels a lot more seriously. National Renewable Energy Lab

Here’s to hydrogen: Australia is missing the potential of solar fuels

By Thomas Faunce

Many times in human history governments have tried to write policies based around future technologies and missed identifying the transformational keys. In the 1970s, for example, few if any horizon-scanning…

24 January 2012

6psxsyxq-1323387510 — It’s time we found a way to make our trucks greener. gorbould

Could hydrogen fuel cell trucks drive our sustainable transport future?

By Bahman Shabani, RMIT University; Aleksandar Subic, RMIT University, and John Andrews, RMIT University

Truck transport accounts for roughly 25% of energy used in the global transport sector, making it a substantial contributor (2.6%) to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. As concerns about greenhouse gas…

15 June 2011

Photosynthesis_galactic_circus_diplodocus — Plants are expert photosynthesisers, but humans are catching up. Galactic Circus Diplodocus/Flickr

New global solar fuel project to improve on photosynthesis

By Thomas Faunce

Plants have been making fuel and food from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide for billions of years. Oil, coal, wood and natural gas can be called “old-photosynthesis” fuels. As the human population approaches…

Research Briefs (8)

5 March 2013

On the right track for an “artificial leaf”

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

It may seem an impractical method, but a roadmap that lays out the potential limits of an “artificial leaf” could help further…

16 August 2012

Nano-structures release new energy potential

University of New South Wales

Hydrogen can be released and reabsorbed from nano-structured storage material, overcoming a major hurdle to its use as an…

20 March 2012

Making hydrogen storage more efficient

Brookhaven National Laboratory

A new molecule could allow for easier transportation of hydrogen, contributing to its viability as an alterative fuel source…

20 December 2011

Photosynthesis-inspired device makes biofuel

Pennsylvania State University

Scientists have developed a tiny solar-powered device that can produce hydrogen biofuel. The device was developed using…

24 November 2011

Step towards creating hydrogen fuel

University of Oregon

Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed a liquid material that stores hydrogen at room temperature and is…

21 November 2011

Australia’s first hydrogen fuel cell truck

RMIT University

Australia’s first hydrogen fuel cell truck has been developed by RMIT researchers – and is being touted as a possible solution…

20 September 2011

Hydrogen energy produced carbon-free from water and bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A grain of salt or two may be all that microbial electrolysis cells need to produce hydrogen from wastewater or organic byproducts…

30 June 2011

New catalyst for renewable energy

University of Adelaide

Tiny metallic particles which are a super-efficient catalyst in using solar radiation to split water into hydrogen and oxygen…

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