Long touted as the magic bullet for a renewable-powered economy, hydrogen may finally be coming into its own as an energy storage currency. Recently, Canadian researchers have said they have developed catalysts that could vastly…
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is to invest USD$4 million in Canadian company Ballard in order to support projects to commercialise platinum-based fuel cell products. Specifically, this will include the development of a prototype ‘home generator’…
A catalyst that extracts hydrogen from methanol could help solve the storage and transportation issues associated with hydrogen energy-based systems, reports Nature this week. A team led by Matthias Beller of the University of Rostock…
There’s an interesting snippet of information in a Forbes blog written by Tim Worstall. Among a number of positive stories about recent innovations in lithium batteries, Worstall mentions that he is currently involved in a…
In a timely addendum to our recent article about the Critical Materials Institute’s mission to head off the crisis in the supply of rare earths, we now hear that Jamaica could solve some of the problem….