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Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here.::The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. All seven of its California stations will close immediately.

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[-] redfox@infosec.pub 1 points 7 months ago

There's also upcoming solid state batteries, and maybe flow batteries if they can get the electrolyte mixture efficient.

I am very intrigued by flow batteries. It basically behaves like a gas fuel concept. Pump some out, pump some in, charge it slowly somewhere else,. hopefully from solar and wind, or fusion haha

[-] frezik@midwest.social 0 points 7 months ago

Flow batteries currently don't have the kwh per kg to be competitive in EVs, but they're great for grid storage. There are some lab advancements improving that of late, but as with all battery tech lab advancements, you shouldn't rely on any one of them working out to mass production.

[-] redfox@infosec.pub 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

True, and a bummer at the moment.

I'm hoping there's a future efficiency gain. Like how we transitioned from nicad, to li, and now to solid?

The concept is super cool.

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