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Re:Germany's Energy Catastrophe by epups on Friday July 15, 2022 @03:26AM (#32105630)
There is no large scale hydrogen storage facility that could take even 1% of German's energy needs.
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Re:Germany's Energy Catastrophe by dividedbyzero on Friday July 15, 2022 @04:24AM (#32105991)
Yet.
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Re:Germany's Energy Catastrophe by ben_w on Friday July 15, 2022 @05:24AM (#32106310)
Indeed. If the annual natural gas use of all of Germany was represented as liquid hydrogen, it would be a ~700m cube.

A year is probably more than is needed, but I don't know how low storage can go before it causes problems. If I guess a week is sufficient then every million German residents need a 43m cube.

This isn't unbuildable if there is sufficient political will.

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