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Israeli scientists say they have found a way to produce hydrogen from plants. They hope that the new technology will allow plants to be used as an energy source. The discovery was made in the laboratory of Tel Aviv University, in the experiment, scientists used microalgae.

 

“In order to connect any device to a power source, you need to find a connection point. In the case of plants, we just didn’t know how to do it,” says Iftach Jacobi, head of the university’s renewable energy laboratory.

 

In their experiment, Israeli scientists introduced the enzyme hydrogenase into microalgae, which allowed them to actively produce hydrogen, an already well-known source of energy. It was previously believed that algae produced hydrogen during a single peak reaction that occurs at dawn. However, observations by Tel Aviv researchers showed that this process accompanies traditional photosynthesis throughout the day. The achievement of the team was that they were able to use genetic tools to increase the production of such hydrogen by 400 percent.

 

Scientists warn that it could take up to 20 years before this technology is fully developed and commercialized. These studies were published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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