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adwnlast Monday at 11:05 AM2 repliesview on HN

Hydrogen generation isn't the problem, storing it over several months is. Economical, safe, and reliable storage of hydrogen is very much an unsolved engineering challenge. If it weren't, hydrogen storage plants would shoot out of the ground left and right: Even here in Germany, we have such an abundance of solar electricity during the summer months that wind generators have to be turned off and the spot price of electricity still falls to negative values(!) over noon, almost every day.


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defrostlast Monday at 11:10 AM

Why stop at hydrogen for storage and transport;

there's ammonia, methanol, and other derivatives that are easier to store and transport.

eg: * https://www.methanex.com/our-products/about-methanol/marine-...

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adrianNlast Monday at 11:09 AM

You can store it in salt caverns

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