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minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 hours ago2 giant lakes. 1 uphill from the other, or one underground. When there’s excess energy you pump water uphill. When you need more you let it back down
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoThere’s a lake in the UK that does this
minus-squareserendepity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoWe can use Niagara Falls for that!
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoHow efficient is making hydrogen? If you don’t need a huge facility, it might be easier to just store it that way, so you don’t need giant lakes everywhere.
minus-squareTayb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoLess efficient than pumped hydro. Appears to be about 40% for green hydrogen in the round trip vs 80% for pumped hydro with a quick google search.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI am curious what’s involved in the “round trip”? Do you mean to fuel other machines directly with hydrogen?
minus-squareTayb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoEnergy to hydrogen back to energy, so electrolysis to a hydrogen fuel cell. I think burning hydrogen directly is even less efficient.
2 giant lakes. 1 uphill from the other, or one underground. When there’s excess energy you pump water uphill. When you need more you let it back down
There’s a lake in the UK that does this
We can use Niagara Falls for that!
How efficient is making hydrogen? If you don’t need a huge facility, it might be easier to just store it that way, so you don’t need giant lakes everywhere.
Less efficient than pumped hydro. Appears to be about 40% for green hydrogen in the round trip vs 80% for pumped hydro with a quick google search.
I am curious what’s involved in the “round trip”? Do you mean to fuel other machines directly with hydrogen?
Energy to hydrogen back to energy, so electrolysis to a hydrogen fuel cell. I think burning hydrogen directly is even less efficient.