Fiery ice is Japan's fuel of the future

• Autores: Sara Reardon
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2907, 2013, págs. 12-13
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the search for new sources of energy, Japan is digging deep. Just off its south-west coast, 1300 meters below the surface, a huge cache of slushy, combustible ice lies buried in the ocean floor. This month, Japan is carrying out the first offshore attempt to produce methane gas from these frozen methane hydrates. If successful, this could be the next great energy source. Methane hydrates consist of methane molecules trapped in a cage-like structure of water called a clathrate.