Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months
by jhallenworld on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:05AM
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The Tesla Powerwall has 6.5 kwh = 23.4 M joules.
Gravity potential energy = mgh. Suppose pool is 10 meters up, then you need 239,000 kg of water = 63K gallons or 8400 cu ft. This is a huge pool: 29 ft. x 29 ft x 10 ft.
You could use the city water supply: borrow water through a turbine at night, and return it during the day :-)
Or have pool up very high, for example on a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean:
Gravity potential energy = mgh. Suppose pool is 10 meters up, then you need 239,000 kg of water = 63K gallons or 8400 cu ft. This is a huge pool: 29 ft. x 29 ft x 10 ft.
You could use the city water supply: borrow water through a turbine at night, and return it during the day :-)
Or have pool up very high, for example on a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean:
http://inhabitat.com/crazy-home-carved-into-a-coastal-cliff-...