With over 300 days of sunshine per year, Nevada could become a center for the generation of hydrogen through solar energy, according to researchers at the University of Nevada.

A team of researchers, headed by Professor Manoranjan Misra, is developing a small-scale hydrogen generation system that uses applied ultrasonic waves to create hydrogen from water.

"We are currently using simulated solar light in the lab," Misra said. "We are finding our system to be a good and robust way to facilitate the movement of electrons by the incident light to produce hydrogen from water."