In his inauguration speech, incoming President Carlos Alvarado of Costa Rica revealed plans to become the first country to commit to develop the production and exclusive use of hydrogen and other environmentally-healthy forms of energy for transportation and production of electricity. As there are no natural deposits of fossil fuels in Costa Rica, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Environment
Diseases Related to Climate Change in the U.S. Triple Between 2004-2016
May 2, 2018 Yet again another living example of the effects and consequences of climate change. A study from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention warns that illnesses from mosquito, tick and flea bites more than tripled in the U.S. between 2004 and 2016, and nine new germs spread … Continue reading
Syria
April 22, 2018 The recent bombing of Syria by the U.S., Great Britain and France raised a veritable labyrinth of questions. The purported justification for it was the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian armed forces against civilians in Douma, a rebel-held town on the verge of surrendering … Continue reading
Differential Pressure Water Electrolysis Apparatus
March 18, 2018 A United States Patent has been issued for a differential pressure water electrolysis that includes high-pressure water electrolysis cells and a pressing mechanism. The high-pressure water electrolysis cells are stacked in a stacking direction. Each of the high-pressure water electrolysis cells includes an electrolyte membrane, a member, an … Continue reading
Efficient Nickel-Iron-Copper Catalyst for Oxidation of Water
February 18, 2018 A collaborative study by scientists from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Pulse Institute (Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA) Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Menlo Park, CA) and Dalian University of Technology (Dalian, China) and first published in Nature Communications reports that … Continue reading
Solar Cell Catalyst up to 114% Efficient
January 2, 2018 A collaborative effort of researchers with New Jersey Institute of Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Colorado School of Mines and San Diego State University resulted in the invention of a quantum dot photoelectrochemical cell that catalytically achieved quantum efficiency for hydrogen gas production exceeding 100% efficiency. … Continue reading
Kyushu University High Efficiency Water Splitter
January 2, 2018 Researchers at Kyushu University have invented a ruthenium-driven device able to use a broad spectrum of light, including ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared light beyond visible red light. As a result, it nearly doubles the amount of solar photons harvested and the production of hydrogen is accelerated.
Osaka University Low-Cost Photocatalyst
January 2, 2018 Researchers at Osaka University have developed a photocatalyst for producing hydrogen from water using inexpensive graphitic carbon nitride and black phosphorus in lieu of expensive metals. Of particular interest is that it works with different wavelengths of light, even low-energy, near infrared.
Germany’s Artificial Sun to Produce Hydrogen
June 5, 2021 A research facility in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has built Synlight, an artificial sun intended to develop production processes for solar fuels, including hydrogen. The system consists of 149 Xenon short-arc lamps focused on an area of 20 x 20 centimeters in a 3-story building. Synlight’s 350-kilowatt array … Continue reading
Japanese Large-Scale Hydrogen System
January 2, 2018 Toshiba Corporation, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and Iwatani Corporation announced that they will construct and operate a large-scale hydrogen energy system in Namie-cho, Fukushima prefecture, based on a 10,000 kW class hydrogen production facility.