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"...the Northwest hub will produce hydrogen exclusively from water via electrolysis, powered by hydroelectric dams and other low-carbon sources of energy." htt
by ortusdux 3y ago
"...the Northwest hub will produce hydrogen exclusively from water via electrolysis, powered by hydroelectric dams and other low-carbon sources of energy."
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/oct/13/biden-administration-investing-1-billion-in-northw/ https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/oct/13/biden-administ...
- belthesar 3y agoI guess this means that the goal is to use hydrogen as a battery of sorts, sinking excess hydro and other power into the electrolysis process. I haven't done enough reading about the power efficiency of hydrogen, but if there's enough energy to reasonably provide daytime capacity augmentation, I imagine the hydrogen -> water -> hydrogen process can be a relatively closed system, not requiring constant introduction of fresh water as the H2 + O2 are recombined and then split apart again.
- ortusdux 3y agoI'm just glad its not money going to natural gas greenwashing.