Comment Re:Intermittent Energy Sources mostly not an optio (Score 1) 100
Hydrogen sucks for multiple small and surprising ways.
- pernicious molecule: embrittlement of metals means expensive installations, heavy maintenance and explosion risks
- it's also a greenhouse gas
- needs to be stored at high pressure and low temperature, so you can't just put it in a tank and forget about it, it requires energy input to store.
- each time you transfer it from one pressure vessel to another, you need to pressurise and cool again
All these small problems add up to make it uncompetitive with other solutions.