Since both the technologies have been around for the decades. But now it is exceedingly very conspicuous that batteries research is winning however, it's not the case with hydrogen fuel cells.
The Hydrogen Council represents 87 multi-national companies comprising $18.6T in revenue. Green hydrogen finally makes sense with low-cost intermittent renewables and especially given the massive rise in attenuated energy - no battery technology has risen to the occasion and from all I've heard in the last few years 85% of capital cost compared to a new deployment, SoCal gas representatives state "it's not a question of if we become a hydrogen company, it's a question of when."
My own opinion is that public perception will shift significantly as (1) the Japanese "Hydrogen Olympics" occur this summer, as (2) Nikola's hydrogen network rolls out in a purely market-driven play, and (3) as some geographies hit 'peak grid' from electified vehicles and public officials start to realize electrification with BEVs north of 20% will cause infrastructure issues that are insurmountable in most geographies.
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Artur Braun
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Thank You very much for this majestic answer.
Batteries and Fuel cells have a lot of common chemistry in terms of material sciences. But what actually makes battery field more popular is because of the difficulty in finding a breakthrough in Fuel Cells. A lot of research institutes have dropped their research in fuel cells and shifted towards battery is because they were unable to find a breakthrough in production and storage of Hydrogen.
The other thing is funding and publishing power. Batteries are more popular as they are being used everywhere from wrist watches to powering homes (Solar Cells) but fuel cells have currently limitations because of safety.
safety Issues of hydrogen are far more critical than the batteries. I believe that is also a reason.
The Hydrogen Council represents 87 multi-national companies comprising $18.6T in revenue. Green hydrogen finally makes sense with low-cost intermittent renewables and especially given the massive rise in attenuated energy - no battery technology has risen to the occasion and from all I've heard in the last few years 85% of capital cost compared to a new deployment, SoCal gas representatives state "it's not a question of if we become a hydrogen company, it's a question of when."
My own opinion is that public perception will shift significantly as (1) the Japanese "Hydrogen Olympics" occur this summer, as (2) Nikola's hydrogen network rolls out in a purely market-driven play, and (3) as some geographies hit 'peak grid' from electified vehicles and public officials start to realize electrification with BEVs north of 20% will cause infrastructure issues that are insurmountable in most geographies.
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