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German researchers say methanol could be the solution to long-term renewable energy storage, and a single methanol tank the size of a large LNG carrier ship, is enough to power Germany for 10 hours. (spectrum.ieee.org)
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[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yes CO2 and Water. Methanol is CH3-OH.

There would be some minor treatment for the water I imagine, cause after all combustion always leave some traces of dust, and the addition of additives to make demineralised water conductive for electrolisis.