Cleaner Tech
A Green Hydrogen Economy Depends on This Little-Known Machine
The electrolyzer, obscure for decades, sees its sales soar. Here’s how the technology works.
A Plug Power Inc. electrolyzer stack at the company’s Concord, Massachusetts, facility. Electrolyzers, which use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, are a building block of a green hydrogen economy.
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