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Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid... by boringg on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:54PM (#25653891)
Soo many different better options. As a member of the energy storage industry I give this a hard pass, this is also old news, costly and not multi functional. Pumped storage makes sense in some specific cases.

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

Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid... by rossjudson on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:09PM (#25654309)
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 (#25654754)
I bet the Massachusetts one you are thinking of is Ambri, which is making a liquid metal battery. https://ambri.com/
Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid... by boringg on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @10:38AM (#25658622)
It was form energy - will read into ambri though.

https://formenergy.com/