Significant breakthrough in the pursuit of future energy sources, particularly in nuclear fusion and advanced solar technology. One major development is a new method for producing and scaling up green hydrogen, using cheaper metals instead of rare ones like iridium. Additionally, research has advanced nuclear fusion, with recent experiments demonstrating that it can be achieved at an industrial scale, creating more energy than was used to start the process.

Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in the pursuit of future energy sources, particularly in nuclear fusion and advanced solar technology. One major development is a new method for producing and scaling up green hydrogen, using cheaper metals instead of rare ones like iridium. Additionally, research has advanced nuclear fusion, with recent experiments demonstrating that it can be achieved at an industrial scale, creating more energy than was used to start the process. 

Green hydrogen

Scientists have found a new way to produce green hydrogen using anion-exchange membranes (AEMs).

This method uses more common and cheaper metals like nickel and steel, unlike traditional processes that rely on expensive and rare iridium.

This breakthrough could make green hydrogen fuel a more accessible and scalable option for energy production. 

Nuclear fusion

In 2022, a key milestone was reached at the National Ignition Facility, where researchers achieved "fusion ignition"—meaning they created more energy from fusion than was put into the experiment.

The large-scale international collaboration ITER is building a fusion reactor in France to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale, carbon-free energy source.

While commercial fusion power is still decades away, these breakthroughs demonstrate that the technology is possible and can be scaled up.

Fusion could provide virtually limitless clean energy, using abundant fuels found in seawater and lithium, with minimal pollution. 

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