I'm not seeing that. Hydrogen requires a ton of very expensive infrastructure for storage. Its density is impractically low for storage in tanks, it can't be li

I'm not seeing that. Hydrogen requires a ton of very expensive infrastructure for storage. Its density is impractically low for storage in tanks, it can't be liquified under reasonable conditions, and reversible hydrogen-binding materials so far have all been duds. If you happen to have an underground geological storage available, then it might be reasonable. Right now, there's a demonstrator project for that ongoing in Germany. I guess this qualifies as "local"? So yeah, if you need storage for 3-12 hours of runtime, then batteries are fine. Sodium batteries are probably going to fit this niche once they become cheaper. Anything more than that is a big gaping hole in the renewable story with no good solutions.