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Could this be the breakthrough in energy that we have been waiting for? Researchers at the S&P Energy Research Institute in Korea believe they have found a way to produce hydrogen without as much energy input. The current method of using electrolysis to split the gas from water molecules requires a lot of energy and is also not emissions-free. While the current method uses 4-4.5 kwh of energy for 1 cubic meter of hydrogen, the new method could produce the same amount using only 0.1 kwh. The high energy input has been a barrier to the widespread use of hydrogen, but the method developed by the Korean researchers would be 20-30 times cheaper to manufacture. Hydrogen can be considered a “permanent clean energy” because it is clean and can be manufactured from the plentiful amount of water on Earth.

[TechRadar]