Coca-Cola is installing what the company claims to be the world’s first hydrogen-powered vending machines at the World Expo 2025, which will open to the public in Osaka, Japan, on April 13th, 2025. Co-developed by Fuji Electric, the machines don’t need access to a power outlet and instead rely on replaceable hydrogen cartridges to fuel a chemical reaction that generates electricity, @theverge reports:
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Coca-Cola’s new hydrogen-powered vending machine doesn’t need a power outlet

Coca-Cola’s new vending machine uses replaceable hydrogen cartridges and chemical reactions to generate its own power.

^{Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)}

Effective saltwater electrolysis will make green #hydrogen even cheaper to produce. It also reduces the environmental/societal concerns of hydrogen production in many regions.

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New Catalyst Offers a More Affordable Way to Produce Hydrogen from Seawater

Hydrogen has drawn attention in recent years as a potential source of clean energy because it burns without producing climate-damaging emissions.

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