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October 13, 2004
Ohio Researchers to Advance Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energy
DOE is awarding more than $5 million in grants to three
Ohio research groups that are developing new technologies to convert
renewable energy into hydrogen. Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC of Toledo
will develop solar electrochemical technologies that use sunlight to
split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The company will team up on the
three-year project with the University of Toledo, United Solar Ovonic
Corporation, and DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In
addition, the Ohio State University (OSU) Research Foundation in
Columbus will develop a low-cost catalyst to help convert ethanol into
hydrogen, and the University of Cincinnati will work with OSU to
develop a membrane to separate pure hydrogen from other gases, a
technology that could be applied to hydrogen production from either
natural gas or biomass-based liquids. The two latter projects will be
carried out over four years.
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced the grants on October 13th
at the ground breaking for a multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art fuel cell
center, to be located at Stark State Technical College in Canton. See the DOE press release.
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