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[-] antrosapien@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

What about storing energy as potential energy using some high density objects. This may work.. Right?? gravitricity Check out their work.

[-] amelore@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes, suspended weights, also spinning flywheels, hot salt, hot sand
There's options besides pumped hydro, hydrogen and batteries

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

It's slithly better the more dense the material, but that's basically the same thing. You could say that depending on the location, using water is much more practical.

A much more interesting one I saw was the molten salt ones, where basically you store the energy as heat in a sealed place, and then when you need it, you use that heat to run turbines.

[-] shaman1093@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Interesting concept, thanks for sharing

[-] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I don’t think it’s feasible.

https://youtu.be/XxGQgAr4OCo

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