alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoA 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farmelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down12cross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkA 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farmelectrek.coalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareInFerNolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 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-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThat method doesn’t scale. 1 ton raised 1m gets you 12m in an electric car.
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!