Whether the energy supply is renewable or not, the supply of electricity is pretty complete. However, one of the biggest challenges is the balance of the gap between peak and off-peak hour of electricity use. Hence, governments and scientists have been working on finding a better way to relieve this stress.
Though hydrogen can be a star in the energy industry and have been studied for a year by scientists, the safety remains the challenge of scaling up. NH3 is a material of storing hydrogen. NH3 is also named Ammonia. It is commonly used in cleaner and Agricultural fertilizer. It is also known for its terrible smell. Then why Ammonia is seen as a star in the energy industry?
Firstly, N2 cover 78% of our air and it is the most common element in the earth. Also, each water molecule has 2 hydrogens. Ammonia can be easily produced by energy. If the energy used to produce ammonia is renewable energy, the production can generate zero carbon footprint. Since Ammonia has been used widely, it can be store and transport safely without any problem. Furthermore, if it is used as fuel of cars without emitting greenhouse gases.
If ammonia can be used to store energy properly, it can relieve the stress of energy supply during peak hour by storing energy during the off-peak hour. With a systemic transition, during the peak hour, the energy sector would not have to be so stressed that they have to generate some energy by unrenewable energy.
