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World's First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Island

Posted by Hemos on from the making-things-work dept.

Albanach writes "According to this article in The Herald Newspaper, the island of Islay, on the West coast of Scotland is set to become the world's first Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered island. Scientests at Napier University wish to use the existing Wave Power Station to treat sea water and store the resulting hydrogen in fuel cells. The first plan is to power a building, moving on to powering the entire island in a decade."

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  1. I wonder where they get the hydrogen... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Perhaps the wave-power station is used to electrolyze water into H and O...

    1. Re:I wonder where they get the hydrogen... by 56ker · · Score: 2, Redundant

      The wave-power station is used to produce the electricity to electrolyse the water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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    2. Re:I wonder where they get the hydrogen... by PD · · Score: 2, Redundant

      Hey! I just read the article, and it appears that I was flat out wrong! Oops.

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