• @VarykOP
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    211 months ago

    I don’t know about power-to-gas, can you break it down for me real quick and then I’ll look up specifics later once I know what you’re talking about?

    Always interested in learning something new.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

      You take renewable energy and make a high density gas. Typically you make hydrogen (easy) then methane. Methane, unlike hydrogen, is highly dense and can be sent with existing gas pipelines.

      It’s a way to store and trsnsport enormous excess energy usage thats far better than electrical butteries.

      It’s already in use, but further research would only make it more efficient.

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        All natgas infra can deal with hydrogen blends and some with pure hydrogen. All new infrastructure should be made hydrogen-proof.

        Another great option is synfuels like methanol which are also an universal chemistry feedstock.

        • @[email protected]
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          311 months ago

          Hydrogen is the least dense fuel possible. And it fucks up tanks (with pitting) so it has to be replaced often.

          • @sugar_in_your_tea
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            211 months ago

            Yup, “hydrogen-proof infrastructure” doesn’t exist. I like the idea of hydrogen, but it’s just not a nice gas to work with and transport.

      • @VarykOP
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        111 months ago

        That’s awesome, I don’t think I have heard of that. I’m going to look into that for sure, thanks for the quick explanation.

        That reminds me of that idea of a solar panel farm that uses its excess energy to lift a boulder during the day and then during the night the boulder falls and turns alternators that create electricity from the weight of the boulder slowly falling back down overnight

          • @VarykOP
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            111 months ago

            Ah, I have. Yes, I see what you mean. That is a useful technology.

            Is that specific field still very prototypical? I can’t find any real-world applications yet.

            Can it scale or has it only been experimented within laboratory settings so far?

            Oh wait, Japan of course, what’s going through with trials. Cool