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Grid scale energy storage is basically solved once you realize that hydrogen storage is an option already. It's in the same boat as when photovoltaics got very
by _hypx 3y ago
Grid scale energy storage is basically solved once you realize that hydrogen storage is an option already. It's in the same boat as when photovoltaics got very cheap, but skeptics continued to deny that possibility for some years afterwards.
- automatic6131 3y ago>once you realize that hydrogen storage is an option already With unavoidable ~30% efficiency (or ~70%) energy loss, requiring an overcapacity factor of 2-3...
- _hypx 3y agoThat's the same argument used against solar, that it is too inefficient. It's also greatly exaggerated, another thing it has in common with solar. Fuel cell systems are electrochemical systems and can be easily improved beyond that level. Especially with large facilities where waste heat can be recaptured and reused.
- alex_duf 3y agoIsn't hydrogen extremely hard to store over a long period of time ? (Seasonal)
- _hypx 3y agoNo. That is its strength.