Monday morning musings: could community energy participate in the green hydrogen economy? Right now, collective self-consumption schemes maximise the immediate usage of any generated electricity. 1/

They might get to 60% - 80% of electricity consumed – maybe higher. The remainder is injected into the grid at very low rates /kWh. It essentially has no value. 2/

One way to increase the rate of consumption is with batteries – allowing daytime generation to be consumed in the evening. https://www.rescoop.eu/news-and-events/news/new-project-re-sourced-to-develop-circular-energy-system-in-west-flanders-belgium 3/

But what about green hydrogen as seasonal storage? If a regional body like @rescoopv for example, got all its members to chip in for an electrolyser could it then absorb the excess generation and convert it into something of value? 4/

Could the collective community energy projects design their generation profile to ensure a high enough utilisation of the electrolyser to create green hydrogen at a low enough price to be useful during a winter lull? 5/

Are there any obstacles in the Clean Energy for All framework that need to be tackled? Any thoughts on this or research that has been done would be gratefully received! @gnievchenko @DirkVansintjan @cinnamon_moll @AlixBolle