Wind and solar energy, for example, only produce energy when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. While nuclear fission leaves a waste that public opinion at the moment is unwilling to accept.

The picture is a grim one.

Turning water into energy.

But there is a light at the end of this gloomy energy tunnel.

Right now scientists are working on revolutionary techniques that will transform the way we produce energy and will make the planet cleaner and safer for all.

Those dedicated experts are Chemical Engineers.

The key to this energy revolution involves one of the most common substances on the planet. That is hydrogen. And the source of this hydrogen could not be more straightforward - water.

Creating a new Hydrogen Economy to replace the existing Carbon Economy seems simple on the face of it. We take the water, turn it into its basic parts - hydrogen and oxygen - and then burn the hydrogen to release its energy. The only waste product is the substance we first started with - water.