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>Why do electrolysis plants need to run at 100% utilization rates? In a renewable world, almost nothing will have 100% utilization. This is not really a big dea
by woodandsteel 7y ago
>Why do electrolysis plants need to run at 100% utilization rates? In a renewable world, almost nothing will have 100% utilization. This is not really a big deal since electrolyzers can be turned on and off quickly.
The problem is capex. I am not at all an expert here, but from what I have read electrolyzers are at present very expensive, so to pay off their capex they need to be run continuously. Perhaps that will change in the future.
- Hypx 7y agoI'd imagine it should change in the future. We're looking at something like a 10,000x increase in production so current models won't hold in the future.