> moving hydrogen is so hilariously in efficient though. It would have to be produced right where you fill the tank of those ships, trucks and planes.
Exactly! I see hundreds of H2 generation facilities adjacent to trucking routes near the massive wind resources of the US great plains.
Each would have a fuel stop with high efficiency H2 electrolyzers and tanks that buffer H2 using wind piwer when it's available, so intermittency won't matter, since stationary hydrogen storage is a solved problem. Hydrolysis is also a solved problem, and getting more efficient constantly (currently up to 70%). Oh, and the facility's only exhaust is oxygen.
Substitute wind with the locally abundant source of renewable energy, and presto, no shipping of hydrogen needed.
Exactly! I see hundreds of H2 generation facilities adjacent to trucking routes near the massive wind resources of the US great plains.
Each would have a fuel stop with high efficiency H2 electrolyzers and tanks that buffer H2 using wind piwer when it's available, so intermittency won't matter, since stationary hydrogen storage is a solved problem. Hydrolysis is also a solved problem, and getting more efficient constantly (currently up to 70%). Oh, and the facility's only exhaust is oxygen.
Substitute wind with the locally abundant source of renewable energy, and presto, no shipping of hydrogen needed.