Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast?
by bregma on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:51AM
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The most effective (relatively safe, relatively energy-dense, easy to handle) way to store energy is in a hydrogen-carbon bond. If only there was some way to transport that across oceans in large tankers....
Converting it back-and-forth to electricity isn't easy nor very efficient, though. Hydrogen is a bit easier, although still lossy. I'd say it's doable, and not as bad as it sounds, if you really have excess production.
inb4 compressed air supertankers.
That said, it will in most cases be less expensive to use it as close to the originating point as possible if you can find a need for it.