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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by _Microft on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:58AM (#26592203)
There is a German company suggesting to cut a large piece of rock (think: hundreds of meters in diameter and depth) lose and lift that by pumping water beneath it. A moving mountain, it would be. Totally crazy stuff, I should check if that ever made any progress.

Here is a German article about it. As far as I remember, the real issue is that pumps/generators with the required powers are very expensive. https://www.ingenieur.de/technik/fachbereiche/energie/lageen...

Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by billbrown on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:38AM (#26617755)
Omega Tau Podcast had a great episode about this company and project:

https://omegataupodcast.net/299-gravity-storage/

Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by _Microft on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:13AM (#26619592)
I did not know that yet, thanks for pointing it out!