alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoA 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farmelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down12
arrow-up1242arrow-down1external-linkA 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farmelectrek.coalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·7 months agoGood. I’d much rather look at this than the gaping hole of some old abandoned coal mine.
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 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-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 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.
Yeah, that’s awesome!
That method doesn’t scale. 1 ton raised 1m gets you 12m in an electric car.