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5. The wonderful problem of excess Wind Energy
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 03:49 PM
Apr 15

Hydrogen fueled technology is being pursued as part of an effort to develop a "Hydrogen Economy" with healthy market demand for hydrogen that can be produced using excess wind energy or dedicated Wind or Solar Farms.

Wind and Solar energy is super abundant - effectively limitless - so producing "excess energy" becomes very possible and can be exploited by the engineered systems.

This is a great problem to have.

Uruguay and its neighbor Argentina are close to a vast continental shelf and windy zone that includes the Malvinas/Falkland islands. It should be possible to partner with the UK (as investor and technology provider) to develop large Offshore Wind Farms (including Floating Offshore Wind Farms) that could massively produce hydrogen for export to markets in the UK, EU and elsewhere.

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