Students in Morrisburg, Ont. win national contest with hydrogen generator [Video]

MORRISBURG, ONT. –

A group of students and teachers at St. Mary-St. Cecilia Catholic School in Morrisburg, Ont., has claimed first place in a national competition with a project that could help shape the future of sustainable energy.

The team of seven students, who were in Grade 6 when the project began, developed a compact hydrogen-powered generator, designed to produce energy on demand. Its potential use could be to power homes, schools, or greenhouses.

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The innovative device uses water and an electrified metal plate to generate hydrogen gas.

“It could be used up in the north where it’s colder or they might not have a lot of sunlight for solar panels,” says Tessa Laurin, one of the students who helped build the generator. “It only uses a little bit of electricity, and the generator is clean because it …