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In W.A hydrogen is the only viable option long term and a pilot plant is up and running at Denham.
W.A is both fortunate and in some ways unfortunate, the interconnected grid is quite small, so the amount of renewables required isn't massive, but long duration firming is a problem and where hydrogen will probably be the go to answer.
The other problem with W.A's grid is, if it falls over there is no other source that supply us.
The country towns are quite small, so the power demand is very modest and they make great test beds for trying new technologies.
In the early 1980's there was a concentrated solar storage plant tested at Meekatharra, which wasn't very successful.

Here is a write up on the Denham project, where a hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyser is being tested

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.horizonpower.com.au/your-community/getting-future-ready/denham-hydrogen-demonstration-plant/[/URL]

<blockquote data-quote="sptrawler" data-source="post: 1288839" data-attributes="member: 28038">In W.A hydrogen is the only viable option long term and a pilot plant is up and running at Denham.W.A is both fortunate and in some ways unfortunate,&nbsp; the interconnected grid is quite small, so the amount of renewables required isn&#039;t massive, but long duration firming is a problem and where hydrogen will probably be the go to answer.The other problem with W.A&#039;s grid is, if it falls over there is no other source that supply us.The country towns are quite small, so the power demand is very modest and they make great test beds for trying new technologies.In the early 1980&#039;s there was a concentrated solar storage plant tested at Meekatharra,&nbsp; which wasn&#039;t very successful.Here is a write up on the Denham project, where a hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyser is being tested [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.horizonpower.com.au/your-community/getting-future-ready/denham-hydrogen-demonstration-plant/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sptrawler, post: 1288839, member: 28038"] In W.A hydrogen is the only viable option long term and a pilot plant is up and running at Denham. W.A is both fortunate and in some ways unfortunate, the interconnected grid is quite small, so the amount of renewables required isn't massive, but long duration firming is a problem and where hydrogen will probably be the go to answer. The other problem with W.A's grid is, if it falls over there is no other source that supply us. The country towns are quite small, so the power demand is very modest and they make great test beds for trying new technologies. In the early 1980's there was a concentrated solar storage plant tested at Meekatharra, which wasn't very successful. Here is a write up on the Denham project, where a hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyser is being tested [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.horizonpower.com.au/your-community/getting-future-ready/denham-hydrogen-demonstration-plant/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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