Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid...
by rossjudson on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:09PM
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The new thing I read there was the use of old abandoned mine shafts, providing up to 1km of vertical distance with a 5000 tonne mass. There are a lot of abandoned mine shafts. Does it work?
Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid...
by 1958325146 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @11:51PM
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I bet the Massachusetts one you are thinking of is Ambri, which is making a liquid metal battery. https://ambri.com/
Look to lithium ion for short time high cycle/fast response, vanadium flow for long duration (expensive currently, large sites), hydrogen potentially and fascinating long duration start up out of Massachusetts (forget the name right now). More tech will come down the pipeline soon.
Compressed air possibly but hasn’t really progress much over its existence so far (geological restraints too). My two cents