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...Mulder dubbed their creation the "battolyser", and they hope their discovery can help solve two major challenges for renewable energy: energy storage and, when the batteries are full, production of clean fuel.

"You'll hear all these discussions about batteries on the one hand and hydrogen on the other hand," says Mulder. "There's always been a kind of competition between those two sets of directions, but you basically need both."

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Matt Chester on Mar 1, 2021

"You'll hear all these discussions about batteries on the one hand and hydrogen on the other hand," says Mulder. "There's always been a kind of competition between those two sets of directions, but you basically need both."

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Bob Meinetz on Mar 2, 2021

Charley, let's see if clean hydrogen can be made and put to use more efficiently and cost-effectively than electrical energy stored in batteries. Because until it can, it's 100% hype.

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Matt Chester on Mar 2, 2021

What about unique use cases where for some hydrogen works better, for others batteries, for others pumped hydro, etc. etc. Diversity in situations means diversity in solutions is desirable. 

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