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I understand the oil/gas industry produces hydrogen from methane. But why would nuclear care whether their electricity is used for electrolysis or battery EVs?
by pitaj 4y ago
I understand the oil/gas industry produces hydrogen from methane. But why would nuclear care whether their electricity is used for electrolysis or battery EVs?
- VBprogrammer 4y agoThere was recent news on this calling it purple hydrogen or something silly. We're so far away from having sufficient green (or green adjacent) hydrogen supply to cover existing industrial uses that it's pointless even considering it for transportation.
- PaulHoule 4y agoGen 4 Nuclear could use sulfur-iodine or other thermochemistry to make hydrogen directly rather than spinning a turbine and doing electrolysis.
- pfdietz 4y agoIf anything, cheap electrolysis is a deadly threat to nuclear. Green hydrogen solves the last remaining problems for a 100% renewable grid (the rare dark/calm periods and seasonal leveling.) Cheap electrolysers mean nuclear is defenseless against much lower LCoE renewables.
- AtlasBarfed 4y agonuclear sees themselves as a provider of heat/electricity for industrial hydrogen generation. I didn't say it made sense, but it might give them gravitas for subsidies to keep them afloat. Political calculus is totally different than economics or logic.