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Inefficiency doesn't matter if you are storing curtailed energy. If it makes more financial sense and uses less resources to overbuild solar 3x and curtail 60%
by Schroedingersat 4y ago
Inefficiency doesn't matter if you are storing curtailed energy.
If it makes more financial sense and uses less resources to overbuild solar 3x and curtail 60% of the energy than paying for fuel, then you have 2 units of energy you have already paid for spread out over 6-8hrs/day.
As long as using your $300/kw electrolyser at reduced duty cycle is cheaper and less resource intensive than mining and shipping gas, you do it.