Re:Clock Made Power Grids Possible
by maCDzP on Saturday March 02, 2024 @04:02AM
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I wonder if there are fly wheels in the grid that are used to store kinetic energy.
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There absolutely are [0].
They're also used in DC's as a buffer as other energy sources spin up. Lawrence Systems did a neat walkthrough of that infra recently [1].
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel_storage_power_system#...