“After five years of fussing about rules, it's time for
a breakthrough. In the chain of wind to
“In the hydrogen to wheels we encounter eighteen rules that do not match each other and hydrogen.”
This is what Jan Willem Langeraar, director of Hygro from Wieringermeer, says in an article that appeared in the NHD. By converting the power from the wind turbine directly into hydrogen and transporting it via pipes, considerable costs are saved. Thanks to the cost savings, the wind farm and turbine design can be improved, which means that up to twice as much energy can be economically generated than now.
By producing hydrogen directly, peak moments can be absorbed much better. Where a windmill that supplies electricity in very strong winds supplies a lot of electricity that (due to the large supply) has little value, a hydrogen windmill can convert all energy into hydrogen and offer the energy at times when there is demand for it.
Hydrogen turbines also save a lot of space. In the article, Langeraar explains that the electricity turbines take up much more space, especially because of all the buildings and factories that are added. This causes increasing social resistance. hydrogen. Production of hydrogen is more efficient, because it is brought to the consumers via existing gas pipelines, without the need for transformers and a hydrogen factory.
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