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Ammonia, with an energy density of 5.3KWh/kg and a production cost of ~$1/kg doesn't look very competitive with electricity, even compared to renewables (typica

Ammonia, with an energy density of 5.3KWh/kg and a production cost of ~$1/kg doesn't look very competitive with electricity, even compared to renewables (typically around $0.1/kg)

evrimoztamur 3y ago
Transportable in mass quantities, which is hard with electricity.
- adrianN 3y ago
  We already invested a lot of money into transporting electricity.
  - moogly 3y ago
    That's mostly time-of-use though.
gruez 3y ago
> even compared to renewables (typically around $0.1/kg) A kg of renewables? What exactly does that look like?
- craftkiller 3y ago
  Based on this link[1] I think he meant $0.10/KWh which would be compared against the $0.19/KWh from Ammonia. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/478049/global-utility-scale-electricity-generation-cost-by-resource/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/478049/global-utility-sc...
- WinstonSmith84 3y ago
  Oops, I meant $0.1/kwh, not kg