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Distributed generation seems like it would make sense (with current tech). Italy and Spain could help here. Maybe you could go from Tunisia to Europe, but sup
by state_less 8y ago
Distributed generation seems like it would make sense (with current tech). Italy and Spain could help here.
Maybe you could go from Tunisia to Europe, but supplying African countries seems more attainable.
It'd be nice if you could turn the energy into a gas like methane, pull CO2 out of the atmosphere in the process. Good for the atmosphere and you could transport gas over long distances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-to-gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-to-gas
- pmwhite 8y agoI wonder if hydrogen is practical to transport in large quantities. My guess is no. Your idea of methane, if it could be done efficiently, seems more likely.
- peterashford 8y agoI saw that very recently an Australian company had worked out a way of transporting hydrogen in large quantities by converting it into something else which I conveniently can't remember.
- spangry 8y agoIt was the CSIRO converting hydrogen to ammonia for transport, and then back to hydrogen again: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-08/hydrogen-fuel-breakthrough-csiro-game-changer-export-potential/10082514 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-08/hydrogen-fuel-breakthr...
- rapnie 8y agoAmmonia might be a better way. Easy to produce, store and transport and contains higher hydrogen density than compressed hydrogen (I think). http://www.ammoniaenergy.org/ http://www.ammoniaenergy.org/
- samatman 8y agoThe biosphere can't handle ammonia accidents at anything resembling the scale of crude oil and natural gas accidents. Methane is the better choice.