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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.EU bets on clean hydrogen to decarbonize and boost economy
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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ebisen
It is fabulously inefficient to produce hydrogen using electricity from water :) . You'd be much better by directly charging batteries... Besides hydrogen fuel cells have a much lower efficiency than batteries themselves.
theFu
Hydrogen can be refilled in a few minutes unlike recharging batteries.
Use nuclear and solar to store excess energy as H2 for portable and cloudy uses.
sf2k
As a technology you're better off with electricity and batteries. Hydrogen just means propping up the gas industry and gas industry playas.
Seth M
@sf2k where do you think the electricity comes from? And batteries have extra layer of toxicity when they run out of juice
albaleo
I think the idea is to produce electricity from hydrogen via fuel cells (the article isn't clear). There may be a debate about whether fuel cells or batteries are better. There is probably a place for both.