Assertion: electrolysis | /r/HasProperty | expensive
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: compared to steam reforming
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Compared to steam reforming, electrolysis is expensive; the electricity required to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen accounts for around 80% of the cost of hydrogen generation.
text: It is an extremely powerful way of splitting a compound using electricity, but it is very expensive and is only used for metals higher up in the reactivity series.