ApocaDocs: New Process May Make Renewable Energy Reliable at Last

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Posted Mon Apr 1 2013: from Climate Central:


	New Process May Make Renewable Energy Reliable at Last http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1364835226 Solar energy is virtually limitless, generates no planet-warming greenhouse gases -- and is useless between sunset and sunrise. Wind energy is also plentiful and emits no carbon, and it can be harvested day or night, but not when the air is calm. A discovery announced in Thursday's issue of Science may offer a way around these daunting problems, however. Chemists at the University of Calgary, in Canada, have found an efficient way to turn electricity from wind and solar energy into hydrogen, which itself can be used as a fuel, emitting nothing more harmful than water vapor, when the wind stops blowing or the Sun is below the horizon. "Essentially, we're using hydrogen as a storage mechanism for electricity," said co-author Curtis Berlinguette in an interview.

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'Doc Jim says:

I've always been high on hydrogen.