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Factories to make hydrogen electrolysers need to be built first. China got a jump on us and is selling electrolysers pretty cheap. Somebody is buying those.
by ncmncm 4y ago
Factories to make hydrogen electrolysers need to be built first.
China got a jump on us and is selling electrolysers pretty cheap. Somebody is buying those.
- tuatoru 4y agoTo be cheap, they need to operate at multi-GW scale, have a long operating life, and good reliability.
- ncmncm 4y agoYou say so, but hydrogen production capacity is additive. More electrolysers, more hydrogen, up to the power available. But, as with solar, wind, and storage, prices will fall fast as production ramps up.
- tuatoru 4y agoWhich costs more to install, run and maintain: 100,000 10kW grid-connected PV installations, or one 1GW installation? I think it's the single installation. Likewise with hydrogen. Unless it is all used at the point of generation, and near enough at the time of generation (storing and transporting it is expensive energetically and in terms of capital assets, and risky), economies of scale apply. And domestic use isn't a good fit for "use it all now while the sun is shining".