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> If so, the hard part is getting the carbon capture cheap enough, not the hydrogen. You might be interested in ETFuel's strategy. "Making shipping fuel with
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> If so, the hard part is getting the carbon capture cheap enough, not the hydrogen.
You might be interested in ETFuel's strategy.
"Making shipping fuel with off-grid renewables" [2023-06-28] https://www.volts.wtf/p/making-shipping-fuel-with-off-grid#details https://www.volts.wtf/p/making-shipping-fuel-with-off-grid#d...
TDLR: Combo of solar and wind for power, CO2 from industrial sources, create fuels (methane, methanol, amnonia). Use pipes or trucks as needed.
ETFuels' "secret sauce" is integration and creating fuels. They'll use best available option for electricity and CO2. They'll build where it makes most sense to optimize opex.
In the future, once direct-air capture becomes cost competitive, no problem.
Also, I'm certain they'll also adopt advanced geothermal, in combination with solar and wind, to solve their electricity problems as well as greatly expand where they can feasibly deploy.