• Tayb@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    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.

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      5 hours ago

      I am curious what’s involved in the “round trip”? Do you mean to fuel other machines directly with hydrogen?

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        3 hours ago

        Energy to hydrogen back to energy, so electrolysis to a hydrogen fuel cell. I think burning hydrogen directly is even less efficient.