Due to the decrease in petroleum reserves, the developed countries have started to search for other resources. And now, the world's new trend is "boron" due to its significant role in storing hydrogen.

Accordingly, the National Boron Research Institute and the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) signed an agreement concerning the boron reserves in Turkey. As a part of the Marmara Research Institute, the Boron Material Research Institute was opened on Tuesday.

Many important guests attended the opening ceremony and made speeches such as Energy Ministry Undersecretary Sami Demirbilek, TUBITAK deputy president Professor Nukhet Yetithorn and National Boron Research Institute President Erk Ynger. After the ceremony, a press conference was held in the TUBITAK Marmara Research Institute.

During the conference, the importance of boron was explained and people were reminded that fossil reserves are disappearing day by day and the developed countries have started to use different resources. It was also stated that the use of hydrogen as a fuel would become widespread as of 2015. However, the world has been looking how to carry and store this hydrogen energy and it was discovered that the best way is to use boron.

During the conference it was emphasized that Turkey has 65 percent of the world's boron reserves and Turkey should make use of this advantage. Instead of buying technology from foreign countries, we should give more importance to research and development projects. For this goal, it was announced that in cooperation with the TUBITAK Marmara Research Institute the National Boron Research Institute was founded.