EV alternative for light/medium duty trucks
So much wheel spinning on EVs, what if they are not the right path forward? The biggest problem with renewable power and EVs is storage, the second is storage, and the third is storage. Another pat...
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How much do those panels produce at night. in a rainstorm. or covered with snow?
They will contribute power 24/7/365 if some of the the power is stored in batteries or is converted to green hydrogen and stored in salt domes similar to natural gas. Then converted back to electricity or piped in repurposed natural gas lines. There are 3 million miles of natural gas lines in the US; half is unused.
Green hydrogen can be stored in salt domes just like oil & gas. In fact in Delta Utah they are working on just that, a green hydrogen plant with storage in 2 salt dome caverns, room for 300 GWh of storage. And room for 98 more caverns. Compared to the US installed base of utility lithium batteries of 2 GWh. Delta plant will run a mix of natural gas and hydrogen initially in their power plant, going to 100% hydrogen by 2045.
https://www.deseret.com/2022/5/9/23046910/green-hydrogen-energy-advanced-clean-energy-storage-project-utah-politics-renewables-delta-ipp
SoCalGas is working on mixing hydrogen with natural gas then extracting pure hydrogen from the mix with a membrane. That would make for easy initial hydrogen distribution to gas stations prior to natural gas lines transitioning to 100% hydrogen.
SoCalGas is also going to test a hydrogen fuel cell F-550 Super Duty from Ford.
https://newsroom.socalgas.com/press-release/socalgas-joins-ford-to-reduce-emissions-with-cutting-edge-f-550-super-duty-hydrogen
They will contribute power 24/7/365 if some of the the power is stored in batteries or is converted to green hydrogen and stored in salt domes similar to natural gas. Then converted back to electricity or piped in repurposed natural gas lines. There are 3 million miles of natural gas lines in the US; half is unused.
Green hydrogen can be stored in salt domes just like oil & gas. In fact in Delta Utah they are working on just that, a green hydrogen plant with storage in 2 salt dome caverns, room for 300 GWh of storage. And room for 98 more caverns. Compared to the US installed base of utility lithium batteries of 2 GWh. Delta plant will run a mix of natural gas and hydrogen initially in their power plant, going to 100% hydrogen by 2045.
https://www.deseret.com/2022/5/9/23046910/green-hydrogen-energy-advanced-clean-energy-storage-project-utah-politics-renewables-delta-ipp
SoCalGas is working on mixing hydrogen with natural gas then extracting pure hydrogen from the mix with a membrane. That would make for easy initial hydrogen distribution to gas stations prior to natural gas lines transitioning to 100% hydrogen.
SoCalGas is also going to test a hydrogen fuel cell F-550 Super Duty from Ford.
https://newsroom.socalgas.com/press-release/socalgas-joins-ford-to-reduce-emissions-with-cutting-edge-f-550-super-duty-hydrogen
