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The green hydrogen stuff is happening, (like hydrogen pipelines across the Mediterranean) but it's not really a competitor to batteries, but a complement. The
by ZeroGravitas 3y ago
The green hydrogen stuff is happening, (like hydrogen pipelines across the Mediterranean) but it's not really a competitor to batteries, but a complement.
The primary use will be chemical and industrial and a demand sink for renewable power, then any use as electricity peak fuel source will be a bonus rather than the main purpose.
- _hypx 3y agoThis ignores the part where no amount of batteries can actually solve the peak and valleys of renewable energy. Even partially solving this requires a truly ridiculous quantity of batteries, and likely equally absurd amounts of raw materials to build all of this. Ultimately, this is just another unsustainable idea likely motivated by people who own BEVs. Same story as those that went after mass transit in favor of more electric cars. It's a classic example of people who have hammers and see everything as a nail.
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoThere's lots of different combinations of solar, wind, batteries that will solve it. The lowest cost one likely has lots of solar and wind, and a small amount of storage, but it varies by location. Here's a worked example for Eastern India: https://www.wartsila.com/energy/towards-100-renewable-energy/atlas-of-100-percent-renewable-energy#/country/IN-E https://www.wartsila.com/energy/towards-100-renewable-energy...
- _hypx 3y agoThese people are simply lying. https://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/the-curse-of-the-dunkelflaute/111075 https://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/the-curse-of-the-d... Real experiences have show you cannot do it. You will have periods of major blackouts.