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Unfortunately that's not the case. Electrolyseurs are expensive (though hopes are they're gonna get cheaper quickly, as there's a lot of investment in this sect
by hannob 5y ago
Unfortunately that's not the case. Electrolyseurs are expensive (though hopes are they're gonna get cheaper quickly, as there's a lot of investment in this sector right now).
The economic balance of running an electrolyseur only part of the time is something to be worked out. Still the balance is almost certainly not "we need baseload".
- Retric 5y agoThe cost of electricity is already vastly more import than the cost of an electrolyzer at scale. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Economics-of-converting-renewable-power-to-hydrogen-Glenk-Reichelstein/d0580340e9bd6d6d89e9542ded212855a8294247 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Economics-of-convertin... It’s to the point where even running 1/3 the time at the cost of 3x the equipment is likely a cost savings at scale assuming the local grid has a lot of wind/solar.