Are off-grid green-hydrogen wind/solar farms a good idea?

Renewables projects could be directly connected to banks of electrolysers, rather than the electricity network

An off-grid Hydrogenics hydrogen storage loop facility, including an electrolyser and fuel cells, at Glencore's Raglan mine in northern Quebec, Canada, which converts excess energy from a 3MW wind turbine into hydrogen (and then converts the hydrogen into electricity).
An off-grid Hydrogenics hydrogen storage loop facility, including an electrolyser and fuel cells, at Glencore's Raglan mine in northern Quebec, Canada, which converts excess energy from a 3MW wind turbine into hydrogen (and then converts the hydrogen into electricity).Photo: Hydrogenics
Published 24 September 2019, 12:03Updated 24 September 2019, 12:03
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