Hydrogen from Wind: Shetland's Technology Pioneers. By William Little, London Telegraph, June 22, 2008. "Windswept, remote and isolated, Shetland is a culture shock for anyone used to urban living. Throughout the main island -- the size of greater London but with a population of just 17,000 -- the settlements are scattered, most containing only a few houses... The nearest mainland town is Bergen, Norway, and the islands are on the same latitude as Greenland. The elements are unrelenting, making life here invigorating, if not downright hard... Self-reliance and initiative is no better represented than in Ross Gazey, a 29-year-old resident of the Isle of Unst, the most northerly community in Britain, home to 500 inhabitants. Above Unst there is nothing but sea until the Arctic Circle. Yet this small community has recently created the first and only operational community-owned renewable hydrogen energy system in the world, which Gazey conceived and designed with a small group of local engineers. In short, they are pioneers in groundbreaking hydrogen technology, the fuel that many energy experts predict will dominate the post-oil world. It is difficult to overestimate how important this work [producing hydrogen from water by electrolysis with electricity generated from wind power] is for the future of energy production"
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