In a small industrial unit on the outskirts of Birmingham – where a company called Chad Valley used to make toys – a small group of technicians are now making hydrogen fuel cells.
The idea of using the most plentiful element in the universe to produce energy has been around for more than two hundred years, but the urgent need to decarbonise our current energy system means its time as a mainstream energy source may finally have come.
Dr Michaela Kendall, CEO of Adelan technologies, which designs and builds small fuel cells to power all sorts of devices says: “It’s a very exciting point because people have suddenly discovered it. We discovered it really. And people are looking to use hydrogen to decarbonise the energy infrastructure.
“And it’s happening in lots of different ways. So there’s a general enthusiasm for hydrogen, the use of the fuel and the use of the…
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