California is curtailing more solar power than ever before. Curtailment, or deliberately reducing output, rises as solar generation exceeds available transmission capacity.

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[–]Chop_Chop[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

How to store excess renewable energy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EjjzgG3GcU

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

H2 is not easy to store. CH₂O₂ is.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

H2 is not easy to store. CH₂O₂ is.

See https://www.greencarcongress.com/2023/10/20231016-formicacid.html

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

H2 is not easy to store. CH₂O₂ is.

This guy has no problem storing it

http://hydrogenhouseproject.org

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nobody has room to store those tanks. Additionally, one would need a permit for those.

No mention of levelized cost of storage, which makes it an anecdote and worthless.