But how environmentally friendly is hydrogen really?
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The Impossibility of Bridging The “Last 10%” On the Way To “100% Clean Electricity”
In other words, you will need about 35 times the capacity of solar panels as the amount of firm power that you are committed to provide.
Energy Storage Report: Hydrogen as An Alternative to Batteries
It’s no wonder that green hydrogen is all talk.
Hydrogen Is Unlikely Ever to Be a Viable Solution to The Energy Storage Conundrum
I don’t know how much extra our energy would cost if we forcibly got rid of all hydrocarbons and shifted to wind and solar backed up by “green” hydrogen —…
Heat Pumps v Hydrogen: (Scalded Or Burned!!)
The energy study also revealed that hydrogen-fuelled boilers “will never be a cost-effective option”. According to Bloomberg, the average annual running cost for a heat pump stands at £743, compared…
Homes may have gas cut off if they refuse to take part in hydrogen trial
As usual, the commenters are virtually all critical. But why do these issues always get reported by the dopey Emma Gatten, who has Environmental Editor should be writing about trees…
The Idiot’s Answer To Global Warming: Hydrogen
Except for the optics. In the first scenario, you claim you are burning “clean, pure hydrogen.” In the second scenario, you are burning natural gas, just as we have been…
Claim: ‘Green steel’ is hailed as the next big thing in Australian industry. Here’s what the hype is all about
Revolutionising Australia’s steel industry is a daunting task. But if we play our cards right, Australia can be a major player in the green manufacturing revolution.
BP to develop UK’s largest hydrogen factory in Teesside
In short, BP will be paid a guaranteed price for all the hydrogen it produces, which will probably be triple the price of natural gas. The cost of this will…
How To Handle 40 GW Offshore Wind (Or Not!)–Drax
Reposted from NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT JANUARY 9, 2021 Guest Post By Joe Public Drax’s latest Quarterly Bulletin has a section on storing excess wind power: I…
The future of nuclear: power stations could make hydrogen, heat homes and decarbonise industry
Nuclear power has provided low-carbon electricity to the UK for over 60 years and today it generates 17% of the country’s electricity. Until mid-2018, 15 nuclear reactors were the country’s…
The Pure Evil of Hydrogen Hyping
In energy policy, the Australian government is compounding stupidity upon stupidity. Hundreds of millions of dollars are now to be spent on the dead end that is the hydrogen economy.…
The Telegraph: Airships to Provide Climate Friendly Air Transport
Low carbon enthusiasts are promoting the idea of airships. But there is a sound reason why this form of travel was abandoned, other than the a few famous accidents.
Futurism: The Hydrogen Economy
Guest future-izing by David Middleton The concept of hydrogen fuel cells (FC) has been very promising for many decades. From an infrastructure standpoint, transitioning from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles…
How power-to-gas technology can be green and profitable
From the “you can wish in one hand…” dept Public Release: 26-Feb-2019 Economists map out economically viable path to renewables-based hydrogen production Technical University of Munich (TUM) Hydrogen production based…
New catalyst produces cheap hydrogen
From Eurekalert Public Release: 29-Nov-2018 New catalyst produces cheap hydrogen Queensland University of Technology Professor Anthony O’Mullane said the potential for the chemical storage of renewable energy in the form…
Nano aluminium offers fuel cells on demand – just add water
From New Scientist Hydrogen could provide an alternative to battery power Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty By David Hambling The accidental discovery of a novel aluminium alloy that reacts with water in a…
Drilling For Hydrogen
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach As a result of my post on energy storage entitled Getting Energy From The Energy Store, a few people brought up the idea of replacing…
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