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"Ready"?

No, it's not. The long-term hydrogen storage demonstrator is not even completed yet. There is essentially no electrolyzer capacity, and long-distance hydrogen pipelines are even scarcer.

Sorry, but for now, hydrogen is nowhere close to reality in Germany. That's also why it's _subsidizing_ 10GW of new natural gas generation. After signing a 15-year LNG contract with Qatar.



Linde has been storing hydrogen under ground for a long time now [1], but you can store and transport it everywhere you can store and transport methane if you’re willing to lose a few percent per month. It’s simply another cost factor. And it’s not surprising that we don’t have a lot of electrolysis capacity given the economics I pointed out above.

[1] https://www.linde.com/clean-energy/our-h2-technology/hydroge...


The European high-pressure demonstrator is still ongoing: https://hypster-project.eu/about-the-project/

BTW, hydrogen has a 100-year GWP of 12, so leaking 2-5% (the current figures) is not acceptable long-term.




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