We’ve made incredible progress over just the last few years in greening the grid.
By 2045, it should be 100% renewable. By 2030, transportation hydrogen should be 100% renewable. (BTW, if you think that nothing else has changed in hydrogen technology in the last several years, there is something wrong with your sources) - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Dec 26, 2018, at 1:34 PM, Darryl McMahon via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > We don't have to guess at the California electricity mix. > > https://www.energy.ca.gov/almanac/electricity_data/total_system_power.html > > (rounding to nearest percent for simplicity) > > 29% from renewables other than large hydro > > 15% from large hydro > > 9% from nuclear (not renewable, but reasonably low emissions impact from an > existing plant - final disposition of spent fuel still to be solved) > > 4% from coal > > 34% from natural gas (fossil) > > 9% unidentified > > That's what shows up on the grid. It does not include those producing > off-grid, or generating for in-house use (e.g. household PV used behind the > meter). > > Greener grid means greener EV use. > > As for using hydrogen as a transportation fuel for light vehicles in typical > missions (commuting, errand running, occasional longer trips), I looked into > this early in this century, and kept some track since. Things have not > changed much on the technology side in the intervening period for hydrogen > vehicles, other than using bigger storage at higher pressure. > > Darryl McMahon > Author, award-winning book: The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy (2006) > (on digest mode, so don't expect quick responses) > >> On 12/26/2018 4:09 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Message: 6 >> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 20:53:47 +0000 (UTC) >> From: Lawrence Rhodes<[email protected]> >> To:[email protected] >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] OT: Keeping hydrogen for transportation ?cleaner? >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> California uses mostly hydro at night.? There are natural gas plants for >> high demand.? I think that is how it works or should work.? Lawrence Rhodes > > -- > Darryl McMahon > Freelance Project Manager (sustainable systems) > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
