Storage, Transport and Distribution of Hydrogen

Coal deposits, petroleum and natural gas reservoirs or deposits of fissionable materials represent the earth’s energy reservoirs that are millions of years old. Their exploration, exploitation and treatment essentially do not change their low-loss storability and transportability. Only the transformation of primary energy into the prevailing secondary energy forms of heat and electricity makes it clear that the storage means offered by nature for these secondary energy forms are, measured in economic terms, very limited in their capacities. Low-loss storability and transportability decline rapidly as the energy carrier is uncoupled from its original fuel characteristics.