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World's first hydrogen generated by tidal energy

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 14 September 2017 •
Installation of one of the tidal turbines in Orkney | Credit: EMEC
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Installation of one of the tidal turbines in Orkney | Credit: EMEC

Site in Orkney has produced hydrogen from electricity generated by tidal energy for the first time

In a world first for clean energy, researchers in Scotland have generated hydrogen using electricity from tidal arrays. The first ever ‘tidal hydrogen' was generated at the European Marine Energy Centre...

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