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The ability of utilities to incorporate renewables seems to have improved over the years. I'm sure it will only get better. In particular the approach of handli
by g8oz 6y ago
The ability of utilities to incorporate renewables seems to have improved over the years. I'm sure it will only get better. In particular the approach of handling excess production by producing "green" hydrogen and storing it in the natural gas distribution network seems promising.
- cbmuser 6y agoGermany needs 1.6 TWh of electricty per day. If you know the caloric value of methane for example, you will be able to calculate the amount of methane you need to synthesize to just store the electricity of one day which will be roughly 3.2 million gas trucks (45.000 liters each). There is a reason why the UK is building or planning new nuclear power plants in Hinkley Point, Sizewell and Bredwell.
- g8oz 6y agoThe German gas network can store 200TWh. I believe that power to gas has a bright future. Check out what Hydrogenics is doing. Also, storage doesn’t have to be day scale to be useful.