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Re:Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback by danhau on Monday May 06, 2024 @11:04AM (#40275516)
Insightful, thanks!
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Re:Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback by pfdietz on Monday May 06, 2024 @12:18PM (#40276345)
I should add that there's also some energy stored lifting water. So this is not entirely a thermal store. I didn't run the numbers, but I guess the thermal store stores > energy than is stored lifting water.
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