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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Their goal is to test an innovative electrolyzer concept for the cheap production of green (CO 2 -free) hydrogen for a decarbonized future. A system of low-cost vibration sensors will monitor poles, conductors and equipment on the electricity distribution grid to predict where they may fail and ignite a wildfire.

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Solar-to-Hydrogen Water Splitter Outlasts Next Best Tech By 14x

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Several companies and initiatives are making it by using wind or solar electricity to split water via electrolysis. . Direct solar water-splitting using PEC is a more elegant, one-step way to harness solar energy for hydrogen production. Devices aren’t cheap, efficient, or durable enough yet to move out of the lab. .

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