VulcanSphere@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMIT scientists propose power storage using cement blockswww.datacenterdynamics.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1170file-textcross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
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minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI thought this was going to be the thing where they use cheap power to raise big weights and then generate power from gravity lowering them.
minus-squareQuinceDaPence@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoIn general those are a bad idea. A lot of complexity for not much power storage. Presurized caverns or pumped storage are much better version of that idea.
I thought this was going to be the thing where they use cheap power to raise big weights and then generate power from gravity lowering them.
In general those are a bad idea. A lot of complexity for not much power storage.
Presurized caverns or pumped storage are much better version of that idea.