Systems and methods for sustainable economic development through integrated full spectrum production of renewable energy

A system for providing a substantially continuous energy supply using renewable energy resources comprising:

• a reactor having an inlet for receiving a feedstock, an outlet for releasing the feedstock, a reaction zone, and a conveyance apparatus that feeds the feedstock into the reaction zone;
• a first source of renewable energy imparting energy to the reaction zone, wherein the reaction zone increases the feedstock received by the reactor to one or more of a first pressure and a first temperature;
• an electrolyzer coupled to the outlet of the reactor, wherein the electrolyzer receives the feedstock from the outlet of the reactor and produce an energy carrier, the energy carrier having one or more of a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure and a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature of the feedstock, and the electrolyzer is selectably reversible as a fuel cell using the energy carrier as a fuel when operation of the electrolyzer is reversed;
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• an energy carrier storage coupled to the electrolyzer for receiving the energy carrier from the electrolyzer or providing the energy carrier to the electrolyzer.