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Solid Hydrogen Explained - Is it the Future of Energy Storage?

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Many are still betting on green hydrogen as an essential piece for fueling the transition to clean mobility and energy storage.

Yet with the current available technologies, creating hydrogen and storing large amounts of it is still tricky and expensive.

We need to take a closer look at the metal hydrides that make the storage possible.

Metal hydrides form a direct chemical bond between hydrogen and something else.

This allows you, I mean literally, to compact the hydrogen in much closer than you could even with a liquid.

A metal hydride is about four times heavier than a gasoline tank.

However, they could be a cost effective option as a stationary energy source where you don't care about the weight.

Metal hydrides are already a solid reality for fueling heavy duty mobility like submarines and ensuring the energy autonomy of remote households.

Dr. Wood says solid hydrogen could make much more sense than other technologies like batteries when it comes to longer term storage systems.

He says the viability of solid hydrogen depends on your use case.

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