Empty #NorthSea oil fields could store enough #green #hydrogen to power the country for 7 years
The depleted oil and gas fields could be refilled, this time with hydrogen made from our surplus #wind & #solar power
Suitable depleted North Sea fields could provide 3,659 terawatt-hours of hydrogen storage capacity, equivalent to more than 7 years of projected UK electricity demand in 2040. Using them could also take conventional gas power stations off the rid altogether by 2040.
#GreenHydrogen production is, in effect, a way of bottling #renewable #energy. When the wind blows harder than we need, that surplus electricity is used to make hydrogen. When the wind drops, stored hydrogen can be turned back into electricity in a power station – doing the job gas does today, but without the emissions or the imports.
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Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years
Green hydrogen production is, in effect, a way of bottling renewable energy.The Conversation
