Renewable Hydrogen One Step Closer?

[Joe Blake]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-11/hydrogen-breakthrough-could-fuel-renewable-energy-export-boom/8518916

Could be a real game changer. But it's been a long time coming - if it comes at all.

[Rob Beckers]

I'm a bit less optimistic about hydrogen as an energy storage medium Joe. Too much hype, and little that was delivered over the years. I get that the new technology from CSIRO makes it easier to transport hydrogen, but high concentration ammonia isn't really that great a material to have around either.

What hydrogen is, is a stop-gap measure on the way to better batteries. Hydrogen is not an energy source, it's a way to store energy so it can be moved. For most uses the desired trajectory is electricity to hydrogen to electricity. Yes, you can burn hydrogen in an internal combustion engine, but that use is only because we happen to have those engines and can't store enough electricity to fully replace them with electrical motors.

My highly inflated 2 cents...

-RoB-

[Baker Foster]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-11/hydrogen-breakthrough-could-fuel-renewable-energy-export-boom/8518916

Could be a real game changer. But it's been a long time coming - if it comes at all.

Really cool....

[Sean Moore]

We have this up here

http://www.surfnturf.org.uk

[Joe Blake]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-12/coal-to-hydrogen-trial-for-latrobe-valley/9643570

Converting COAL to Hydrogen??? When this country has so much sunshine? Worse, the plan is to send hydrogen to Asia from Victoria (on the east coast), when Western Australia (a) has so much sunshine and (b) is several thousand kilometres closer. I could weep for the stupidity and selfishness of politicians. Anything to keep their fossil fuel masters happy I'd say.

[Rob Beckers]

From what I read the mechanism to convert coal to hydrogen produces both CO (carbon-monoxide) and CO2 (carbon-dioxide) in the process. Any "green" effect of burning hydrogen is negated, and then some, going this route.

Sad that this is even being considered in times of global warming...

-RoB-

[Joe Blake]

West Australian Government money going into renewable hydrogen?

https://utilitymagazine.com.au/wa-boosts-funding-for-renewable-hydrogen-projects/