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Another crazy one is simply pushing a big heavy train up a hill. Then when you need power just letting it go back down the hill. https://www.wired.com/2016/05
by giarc 7y ago
Another crazy one is simply pushing a big heavy train up a hill. Then when you need power just letting it go back down the hill.
https://www.wired.com/2016/05/forget-elons-batteries-fix-grid-rock-filled-train-hill/ https://www.wired.com/2016/05/forget-elons-batteries-fix-gri...
- _Microft 7y agoI one-up that with https://heindl-energy.com/technical-concept/ https://heindl-energy.com/technical-concept/ (city for scale?;)
- ineedasername 7y agoThat make me think. It seems we're losing a lot of kinetic energy with rain, just letting it fall and impact the ground without capturing the force. Your example was real though, so I suppose that's an advantage over crazy rain energy.