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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by Manuel_D on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:46PM (#31759263)
The only deployed thermal storage systems are in solar thermal arrays. Those have costs that aren't not competitive with nuclear, and they're still subject to seasonal output variability due to weather and Earth's inclination.
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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by zardo on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:56PM (#31759371)
And district heating systems. Where a 1-2GWh thermal accumulator will be used.
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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by Manuel_D on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:01PM (#31759424)
District heating systems distribute heat, usually scavenged from a power plant. They don't store heat really - they do in a pedantic sense in that heat is "stored" in the distribution pipelines, but not in the sense of a battery. And they don't transfer heat at gradients large enough to generate electricity effectively.
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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by zardo on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:24PM (#31759653)
They store heat in the sense that one of the components is a giant thermal accumulator.
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