the cynic in me is wondering if this is just an excuse to rebrand fossil fuels

That’s exactly what it is. Hydrogen power plants are just trojan horses for methane. Since they can burn one as well as the other, but CH4 is much more economically convenient.

@MattMastodon @Ardubal @Pampa @AlexisFR @Wirrvogel @Sodis

Batteries are great for short term storage (Hours to Days), but the further you are from the equator, the more you need seasonal storage.

Hydrogen possibly fits part of that, if it is produced by electrolysis when wind / solar are in surplus.

Problems are:
how to store it, it leaks through most storage containers, requires vast amounts of energy to liquify and
The round trip from Electricity via H2 to Electricity is very inefficient.

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Without klicking anything, 61 million € is practically nothing, so I do not expect this to be a big, impactful project. It might be a nice little extra income from surplus hydro power (Norway is almost completely running on hydro).

Then looking into the links, this supports just a small fleet of up to 40 ships. Which is good.

I think it can be a good way for this niche, and it might be one little thing less to worry about.