katamuro t1_j2dgr2y wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:01 PM

Reply to comment by bremidon in Green Hydrogen - Not The Fuel Of The Future by Realistic-Plant3957

we need nuclear power stations for green hydrogen. Because if we start adding more and more nuclear power to replace current coal/oil burning power stations then eventually we will have surplus of energy at certain times in the day and that we can use to power the electrolysis for hydrogen which we then can use to bolster the energy grid demands during peak times by burning hydrogen in the former natural gas power stations.

bremidon t1_j2dvnhf wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:12 PM

Or we just use batteries that are better at this.

The only places where hydrogen really excels is where we need some sort of physical interaction (industrial uses) or where the energy density is useful (planes). Only the first one is clearly going to work. The second one is still a bit iffy, because we have not yet figured out a good way to contain hydrogen within a reasonable space without it either being energy intensive or heavy.