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Batteries (except flow batteries) must be scaled linearly with the desired storage capacity. Hydrogen storage on the other hand only requires a container to be
by the8472 6y ago
Batteries (except flow batteries) must be scaled linearly with the desired storage capacity.
Hydrogen storage on the other hand only requires a container to be scaled with the desired capacity (square-cube law) while the conversion machinery, i.e. the power rating of the storage, can be scaled independently.
Building batteries for seasonal energy storage would require huge amounts of raw materials. Building hydrogen storage requires nothing because you can reuse salt dome caverns previously used for natural gas.
- Reason077 6y ago> "Building hydrogen storage requires nothing because you can reuse salt dome caverns previously used for natural gas." Note that at atmospheric (or any) pressure, the volumetric energy density of hydrogen gas is less than 1/3 that of natural gas. You would need 3.2X more salt cavern space to store the same amount of energy.