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Re:'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green an... by jjk166 on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:40PM (#37191748)
Which generates more energy, dropping 1000 tons of water 100 meters, or dropping 1000 tons of steel 100 meters?
Re:'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green an... by nine_k on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:50PM (#37191841)
Storage tanks are limited by volume, not mass.
Re:'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green an... by jjk166 on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:50PM (#37192429)
Which falls under the category of component sizing. But assuming you have however much mass at a given height, a denser fluid won't let you extract the same amount of energy from a lower height, which is what the company is claiming.
Re:'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green an... by hdjfkfbfbr on Saturday August 19, 2023 @09:02PM (#37194977)
There is also craned power generation BTW.. Concrete blocks are stacked with a crane.. They are then dropped to the ground and the potential energy harvested by the cranes motor