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Durban University of Technology researcher places second for seawater green hydrogen work

Sandile Mondli Mtolo, a doctoral researcher at Durban University of Technology, has taken second place in a young researchers' competition for an innovation in green hydrogen from seawater.

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Why it matters: Durban University of Technology doctoral researcher Sandile Mondli Mtolo has been recognised with a second-place finish for an innovation in seawater green hydrogen.

Durban University of Technology (DUT) said its doctoral researcher Sandile Mondli Mtolo secured second place in a Young Researchers' competition.

According to the university, the recognition relates to Mtolo's innovation in green hydrogen from seawater.

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Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor

The second-place finish goes to Sandile Mondli Mtolo, a doctoral researcher at Durban University of Technology, for an innovation in producing green hydrogen from seawater.

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