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>>RobinL+(OP)
That 70% energy loss in round trip conversion to hydrogen doesn’t look so bad if the alternative is 100% loss by not running the turbines.

>>jl6+fi
That really depends on the capex of the hydrogen equipment. It has to be extremely low to justify not curtailing.

>>epista+Di
True.

I suspect that grid-scale electrolysis is near the very bottom of the economies-of-scale-S-curve and will have a promising future not just in power2gas2power, but also in producing the green hydrogen inputs needed for synthetic hydrocarbon fuels for hard-to-electrify applications like aviation.