Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
DJ79, that was back of an envelope scribblings from me back in July 2020.
Average 1x1.6m panels are around 280W each (best case).
Assuming 100% electrolysis efficiency, we'd get about 8.5g/hr H2 per panel.
So accounting for inefficiencies and light levels, (8.5g*12hours*16panels) * 65% =~ 1kg.
They state they need a minimum 10 days of H2 generation.
12 hours sun with 16* 1x1.6m solar panels roughly enough to make 1kg K2 (I welcome any correction here!)
1kg H2 at 60% conversion efficiency is 21kWh.
Each EV needs two charges of it's 40?kWh battery over the race weekend.
I note their panels look larger than 1x1.6m though, and there are 10 visible.
What you can see in these photos, and which we've never seen before, are solar panels possibly for the electrolysis and so H2 generation, though not obvious where that electrolysis kit might be?
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I would dearly love to know the real story behind Thalion...
"The Periodic Report for Thalion Global Group, LLC - 20191301731 is due by August 31, 2021.
This entity has become Noncompliant for failure to file its Periodic Report."
Though this press release focuses on Zenobe powering the paddock, and then Power Logistics powering the Command Center and the TV communications equipment, finally it mentions AFC :
"What if Extreme E were able to create their own hydrogen fuel at each race location using nothing more that the sun and water? New for the second X Prix – the Ocean X Prix – in Senegal, AFC Energy delivered its first Hydrogen Production Module which produces hydrogen from water using an electrolyser powered by solar panels. "
I see Islington is getting a new Ocado delivery site, but the question of electric vans is pending on a new substation to cope with charging…
“ Use electric vans exclusively for deliveries to Ocado customers in Islington instead of the current petrol and diesel vans coming from West London or Hertfordshire.*
*Pending approval from Islington Council, plans for a substation will enable Ocado to have a 100% electric fleet of delivery vans.”
All they need is an AFC unit and an occasional ammonia delivery ;)
Opportunity to let them know at this consultation site here : https://ocadon19.co.uk/
And if the new 'renamed' company is listed again on AIM in June/July, will AJ Bell migrate your shares back?
I earlier paraphrased AB saying : "[we are adding] the H2 upstream generation [from the electrolysers]".
But to hear him word for word : https://www.dropbox.com/s/qlyi9a8p94wx4ba/2nd_container.mp4?raw=1
"[smirk] Umm, sure that second container [laugh] uhh, sorry the first container which was on a ship err, couple weeks ago was operational in Saudi Arabia ahh, and we're adding to that now the uhh hydrogen upstream generation, so generating the hydrogen from the electrolysers that we umm, that we've now put on a boat and it's as you said in Valencia now at the moment ahh, so that was, uhh wasn't another fuel cell if thats where the question was going, it's an adaptation to the system we're offering Extreme-E"
AB glossed over that question in the CME (1h27m46s in the video) "[we are adding] the H2 upstream generation [from the electrolysers]", and it made me wonder if they didn't initially have the means to produce H2 on site for the first race...
So it's almost certainly not ammonia cracking tech on its way out there.