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Title: Scenario Development and Analysis of Hydrogen as a Large-Scale Energy Storage Medium (Presentation)

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OSTI ID:958238

The conclusions from this report are: (1) hydrogen has several important advantages over competing technologies, including - very high storage energy density (170 kWh/m{sup 3} vs. 2.4 for CAES and 0.7 for pumped hydro) which allows for potential economic viability of above-ground storage and relatively low environmental impact in comparison with other technologies; and (2) the major disadvantage of hydrogen energy storage is cost but research and deployment of electrolyzers and fuel cells may reduce cost significantly.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99-GO10337
OSTI ID:
958238
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-560-45873; TRN: US201002%%113
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the Generation Conference: Fossil Fuels and Renewables, 10 June 2009, Englewood, Colorado
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English