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epistasistoday at 8:05 PM1 replyview on HN

Perfect project for rural Minnesota, that needs the ammonia, but also has a surprising amount of solar colocated with farms. And a fair amount of wind in the southwest.

However there are far far larger projects going on over the world. China is building multiple GW of wind and solar to power a massive ammonia/green hydrogen site right now. I frequently hear of sites in Spain in the hundreds of MW range.

The US has been pivotal in the invention of these technologies, but hyper-conservatism to protect fossil fuel interests is preventing us from getting the benefits as quickly as we should.


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buckle8017today at 8:53 PM

Fossil fuels remain more cost effective.

The US isn't a centrally planned economy (sort of) so the more economical option wins.

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