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  • baru@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Using hydrogen to store the occasional grid overhead to be used for the grid later is a great idea

    A factory which only runs some of the time will be really expensive. From what I’ve seen it’s way more cost effective to rely on batteries for surplus electricity.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      So far grid scale battery storage only scales to stabilizing the grid. It’s better than anything else at that, but it’s not cost effective to for example power a town overnight until solar is back