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How is hydrogen stored?

This can be stored in specialised storage tanks and later extracted through desorption. This form of hydrogen storage is the most energy dense. It is also very heavy, so is more likely to be used as a storage technology, rather than for hydrogen transportation.

How often should a tank/vessel be stored?

For tank/vessel storage, levelised costs are based on a cycle rate of once every three days (I.e. 120 days per year) for pressurised storage and once every week (I.e. 52 days per year) for liquid storage.

What are the levelised costs of hydrogen transport and storage?

In this report, the levelised costs of hydrogen transport and storage are presented as £/kg. Using the Higher Heating Value (HHV)5 to express kWh, the energy content of 1kg of hydrogen is 39.4 kWh. The levelised costs presented for storage technologies are relevant for a specific pressure, or range of pressures.

Is transporting CGH2 more expensive than natural gas?

However, the costs of transporting a kg of CGH2 by road transportation will likely be more than the costs of transporting a kg of CGH2 by pipeline. Like storage, the costs of transporting hydrogen are likely to always be more expensive than for natural gas because of its low volumetric energy density.