Environment & Sustainability
The Hydrogen Project Named After an Oyster
Europe's biggest energy companies built a hydrogen system for offshore wind turbines and named it OYSTER. It produces clean fuel from seawater — the way an oyster produces something precious from what surrounds it.
Environment & Sustainability
Scotland's Seabed Machine: The Oyster Wave Converter
A 200-tonne hinged flap bolted to the Orkney seabed generated electricity from waves for six years. The technology worked. Then the money ran out.
Environment & Sustainability
Clean Energy, Contaminated Oysters
Farming oysters between offshore wind turbines was hailed as a model of ocean sustainability. Then researchers found out what the turbines were leaching into the water.