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In a significant development for the renewable energy sector, the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) at the University of York has broken new ground by successfully producing hydrogen at scale through a biological process. This pioneering project has also managed to capture carbon dioxide emissions, a crucial step towards reducing atmospheric pollution.
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