Explanation?

[loopers]

So most of us have probably heard about the new method of electrolysis just announced by MIT.  What I can't figure out is that every single reference to it is implying it's all about solar.  It seems to me that it has much larger ramifications for both wind and hydrogen-powered vehicles than for solar. Yet the MIT site itself is talking about a "solar revolution", and the media seems to be regurgitating it mostly verbatim.  The only reason I can think of is that the project was funded by a grant that was to research solar power.

Am I missing something here?