Re:Solar and Wind to Top Coal Power in US for First Time in ...
by cogman10 on Sunday December 17, 2023 @07:24AM
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Electrolysis is about 20% effective. That's why you don't really see hydrogen being seriously considered for grid backup.
Mass produced hydrogen comes from fossil fuels.
That said, I agree hydrogen might have a role in shipping and flight. Just not grid storage. LFPs and sodium chemistry are both cheap with a long life. That's what will more commonly be deployed.
Whenever I read about hydrogen power, there’s this sort of elephant in the room that producing it burns power, which is usually assumed to mean burning fossil fuels.
If we have excess solar during the daytime, couldn’t that be spent refining water to hydrogen and sticking that in a battery of sorts?
I feel like that would be especially useful for renewable flight and ocean travel, where the weight of actual batteries makes electric unviable.