http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/31/inexpensive-hydrogen-fuel-from-water-producing-hydrogen-with-charcoal-powder-and-lasers/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/31/inexpensive-hydrogen-fuel-from-water-producing-hydrogen-with-charcoal-powder-and-lasers/#comment-179517 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:20:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55871#comment-179517 I’m curious as to how much CO2 is generated by the process? Is the carbon/charcoal purely catalyst or part of the reaction? What’s the EROEI?

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/31/inexpensive-hydrogen-fuel-from-water-producing-hydrogen-with-charcoal-powder-and-lasers/#comment-179480 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 15:58:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55871#comment-179480 Don’t get too excited. Press releases are notoriously poor representations of the actual research. In reality, the researchers discovered a way to generate hydrogen from charcoal (it’s a reagent, not a catalyst) at <1% efficiency using a high power laser. This research has nothing to do with producing cheap hydrogen on a massive scale or reducing CO2 emissions, despite how the press release tries to sell it.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/31/inexpensive-hydrogen-fuel-from-water-producing-hydrogen-with-charcoal-powder-and-lasers/#comment-179460 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 13:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55871#comment-179460 This could be a potential game-changer, however there’s still plenty of challenges and questions ahead…

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