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thatdemguy

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2. Hydrogen is nothing but a battery, but this is a good use for it.

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2024, 08:57 AM

Dec 30

It sucks that making hydrogen has a lot of energy loss, but when you have extra power for solar it makes sense to do something with it. You have to live with about a 20% loss, but its better than not producing and using the power when you can.

Too bad this is not easily scalable to small back ups distributed around. Imagine small tank farms and generators handling small cites in the event of power outages, or just local supplemental during high peak times.

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