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Directly? Hell no. Piping hydrogen to homes is a nightmare.
As a method to bank excess energy (like a form of gas battery) in the form of H2 in off-peak generation hours, to use later during peak consumption? It absolutely will upturn the industry in a few years.
Got a windmill and a water source? You got Hydrogen production when you are at anything under 100% capacity. And unlike batteries, expansion only requires you add another tank, not more rare metals.
Efficiency below 50% is pretty bad...
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Using better and more efficient energy storages that don't just evaporate through tanks is better. There are more options than hydrogen.
Hydrogen is likely only being usable for Aircrafts because of the energy density, everything else is just inefficient.
Steel industry can use less energy by using electricity directly most industries can use electricity directly more efficiently.
And heat pumps are actually not that much more expensive than a new Gas heater.
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