Soatok Dreamseeker1d ago
Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀

Whenever electricity prices go negative (because legacy thermal generation which isn’t designed to be load following pays to stay on because it’s cheaper than curtailing) people wonder what could be done with that electricity to take load off the grid…

How about make ammonia?

World’s first dynamic green ammonia plant starts operations in Denmark

https://www.topsoe.com/news/worlds-first-dynamic-green-ammonia-plant-starts-operations-in-denmark

World’s first dynamic green ammonia production plant starts operations in Denmark | Topsoe

The world’s first-of-its-kind green ammonia plant has started operations. The partnership between Skovgaard Energy, Topsoe, and Vestas has reached a key milestone.

Apr 8 at 6:36pmWeb
Show threadmike80523h ago
@bascule Yes this needs to be figured out. One big problem in the future is likely to be excess intermittent power from solar. Desalination is another one that could be throttled dynamically.