Ogre
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This is a very different sort of use-case.Hydrogen's problem is much more than transitioning.
You need all new & expensive infrastructure (pipelines, tanks, station pumps, etc) because hydrogen gas would leak out all over the place in existing natural gas pipelines & storage because hydrogen is a much smaller molecule.
Billions of dollars in hydrogen infrastructure that will only be used by large trucks would not be cost effective when even if the infrastructure was free the hydrogen gas fuel would cost at least twice as much per unit.
This isnāt about the semis that go up and down the mountain, itās about the excavators and other heavy equipment which stays on the mountain for months at a time. You canāt drive those down to the charging station between shifts.
The whole point is servicing vehicles where infrastructure is extremely difficult or impractical.
Iām not a hydrogen fan by any means. But there are some cases where you need to deliver gigawatts of power at a time to a remote place. Batteries arenāt necessarily a great fit for that.
Another possibility is run a power line up along the road and keep a megapack on site charged up. Then when the vehicles need juice they can just tap the battery which can deliver power quickly.
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