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1. brilee+KQ[view] [source] 2023-01-12 23:56:31
>>RobinL+(OP)
6% curtailment seems pretty trivial in the grand scheme of things. Around 20-25% curtailment, it becomes economical to run those hydrogen electrolyzers part-time, even with the capital expenditures required. I wouldn't use that hydrogen gas to regenerate electricity, though - there are many industries that can directly consume that hydrogen gas and avoid the lossy round-trip from electricity->hydrogen->electricity.

I explore this idea further in this blog post: https://www.moderndescartes.com/essays/factobattery/

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2. prenne+cq2[view] [source] 2023-01-13 14:23:11
>>brilee+KQ
Does your analysis rely on a localized energy market? Because with curtailment it seems to me that there is no incentive for energy producers to sell energy cheaply to factobatteries, right?
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