alphacyberranger to World NewsEnglish • 9 months agoA 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farmelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down12cross-posted to: upliftingnews
arrow-up1242arrow-down1external-linkA 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farmelectrek.coalphacyberranger to World NewsEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: upliftingnews
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish27•9 months agoGood. I’d much rather look at this than the gaping hole of some old abandoned coal mine.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoDo I have some news for you: https://gravitricity.com/ They use surplus energy to pull up weights and lower them when energy is in demand, using the principle of a grandfather clock. They are using abandoned mine shafts because they are readily available for this purpose.
minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_InlinkEnglish1•9 months agoThat method doesn’t scale. 1 ton raised 1m gets you 12m in an electric car.
Good. I’d much rather look at this than the gaping hole of some old abandoned coal mine.
Do I have some news for you: https://gravitricity.com/
They use surplus energy to pull up weights and lower them when energy is in demand, using the principle of a grandfather clock. They are using abandoned mine shafts because they are readily available for this purpose.
That method doesn’t scale. 1 ton raised 1m gets you 12m in an electric car.
Yeah, that’s awesome!