Teaming up with two students from the HKUST, Miss OU Sze Yiu Sylvia, a third-year EVE student, won the 1^st Runner-Up in the “Green Energy Dreams Come True” Competition (Tertiary) held by HK Electric with the project titled “Hydrogen-A Big Step Towards Utopia”.

Under the supervision of Prof. Michael LEUNG and Dr. Sam HSU, the team successfully demonstrated the production of green hydrogen by advanced perovskite solar photovoltaics technology. A website has also been developed by the wining team to promote renewable energy and the hydrogen economy.

The “Green Energy Dreams Come True” Competition has been running for six years and it was extended to tertiary institutions for the first time this year, calling on young people to initiate innovation projects promoting energy efficiency, renewable and sustainable energy on campuses and among the community.