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I listened to a podcast titled "Taming the hydrogen hype" [1] that suggests things like nuclear power plants and wind turbines don't follow the same cost reduct
by kieranmaine 1y ago
I listened to a podcast titled "Taming the hydrogen hype" [1] that suggests things like nuclear power plants and wind turbines don't follow the same cost reductions as solar and batteries because they can't be fitted in a shipping container:
> So, most industrial things have big economies of scale, right? There's this imaginary world where, "Oh, I'm going to shrink down the cost, but the cost per unit is also going to go down." That requires magical thinking. It requires making it so small that you can make it in a factory and ship it in a shipping container.
Based on what I read on the site the turbine components can be transported using normal lorries. However, it would be interested to know:
1. If they can be shrunk even further and be transported in a container.
2. Would this help reduce costs.
1. https://open.substack.com/pub/davidroberts/p/taming-the-hydrogen-hype?selection=a7f15321-ee8a-4447-9736-8ad2006239e8&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/davidroberts/p/taming-the-hydr...
- laurencerowe 1y agoWind turbine power output scales by the square of rotor length so like nuclear power tend to be cheaper per unit power produced the larger they are.