Solar beam reactor offers hope for realizing 'green' hydrogen ambitions

Researchers in Japan and Australia say new production method may lower costs

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At CSIRO's Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales, mirrors track the sun and reflect its light onto a central tower to power a beam-down solar reactor. (Photo courtesy of CSIRO)

SHAUN TURTON

SYDNEY -- Australian and Japanese researchers have announced a breakthrough in producing "green" hydrogen that offers hope of tapping the universe's lightest element as a clean -- and commercially viable -- source of energy.

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