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Renewable energy using electrolyzers

• samatman 4y ago
  Ok but I was hoping for serious answers. That was a bit terse: the reason this isn't a serious answer is because Germany is burning large amounts of coal to make electricity, because of the natural gas shortage. Turning electricity into hydrogen at around an 80% loss by the time it hits the fuel cell doesn't even begin to pencil out.
  • scraptor 4y ago
    Some people plan more than a few years ahead. These technologies are an attempt at electrifying activities which cannot be powered directly from the grid in a future where all electricity comes from sustainable sources. An 80% loss is a perfectly reasonable thing to accept if that's what it takes to make your energy supply portable and you produce your hydrogen using cheap power generated during peak sunlight hours by solar panels that could not otherwise be stored.