thseng The Idea is to put the ram pump at the output of the turbine not in place of it. It then pumps a portion that has already spun the turbine back up to the retention pond.You pump roughly 1/7 of the water back up.

Sure we did electrolysis in high school. But it took more energy to split the water than you could receive from then using the hydrogen as a fuel. What the professor is claiming is a breakthrough that people have been trying to do for quite a few years. The idea is to use a catalyst that requires less energy to split the water. With the right catalyst you can get out more energy out than you put in.