PV Magazine -The Hydrogen Stream: Electrolyzer sales expected to quadruple this year. According to BloombergNEF, electrolyzer shipments may reach up to 2.5GW in 2022, up significantly from 458MW last year. China and the United States will become the world’s first and second markets, respectively.

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[–]Antarchomachus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Is there any thought to scaling this technology for home use? Seems like a great solution for decentralizing the grid. Excess solar energy from the day used to electrolyze some water to use in low light conditions?

[–]Chop_Chop[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Is there any thought to scaling this technology for home use? Seems like a great solution for decentralizing the grid. Excess solar energy from the day used to electrolyze some water to use in low light conditions?

Yes! Someone in New Jersey has done it since 2005 and others are working on similar systems

http://hydrogenhouseproject.org

Also the The Phi Suea House in Thailand

https://www.phisueahouse.com

And a farm in Northern Calif

https://sefmicrogrid.com

[–]Antarchomachus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for the links! Cool to see some places able to make that work.