Sun and hydrogen ‘to fuel future’

BBC News Online science and technology staff

Turning sunlight into hydrogen could be the future

Capturing sunlight to make enough hydrogen fuel to power cars and buildings has been brought a step closer by a British research company.

Hydrogen Solar says it has managed to convert more than 8% of sunlight directly into hydrogen with fuel cell technology it has specially developed.

For an energy source to be commercially viable, it must reach an efficiency of 10%, which is an industry standard.

Hydrogen power, a renewable energy, has the potential to replace fossil fuels.

“Over the last couple of years we have doubled efficiency.

“We are not yet in the hydrogen economy, but it has the potential to take over when the oil economy becomes untenable,” Dr David Auty, chief executive of Hydrogen Solar told BBC News Online.

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