Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations
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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.

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.

  • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    9 months ago

    A…waste of solar…internal ICE hydrogen motors is what these would be used for not fuel cell hydrogen.

    How are you wasting solar? Lol this makes no sense. These can be stood up anywhere, you cannot use these as super chargers for batteries…

    • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Because you can put that electricity directly into the grid rather than wasting it making hydrogen.

      • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        9 months ago

        Lol that’s not the goal, the goal is to charge a car… you’re finding a problem to solve that’s not even in the same area…

        • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          You can use electricity on the grid to charge a car. Not sure if you were aware of that. It’s going to be a whole lot more efficient at it than hydrogen.

          • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            9 months ago

            No shit. You know you need a substation to power a supercharger grid…you know how many substations just randomly exist in rural areas to power superchargers? And how expensive they are to build and maintain?

            • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              And hydrogen won’t get you there. It’s much easier to build a substation than the new infrastructure for hydrogen.

              • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                9 months ago

                Lol no it is not, do you know what goes into building a substation? They’re expensive and require a lot of upkeep.

                  • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    1·
                    9 months ago

                    A solar hydrogen station cost no where near the amount putting in a substation does. I don’t even know where you came up with the idea that it does.

    • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Look at the efficiency of the energy conversions. It is literally wasting solar.

      • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        How is it wasted if it completely free energy? You cannot charge up electric cars quickly via solar…hell solar in general isn’t super efficient anyways lol

        • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          No energy is free because there is always installation and maintance cost. Lot’s of people change their cars off solar. Most of a car’s life is sat parked for hours. So slow is fine. My charger has a solar divert function I’m yet to get the solar for. Also, you change a house battery slow and then a car fast from it. Even here in the UK there are people doing it. Not solar all the time, but a lot in summer. House battery changed when your in the office, car overnight from that.