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there are relatively simple options for energy storage: lifting things up with the excess energy, then letting them back down if the energy is needed (at night)
by stefs 6y ago
there are relatively simple options for energy storage: lifting things up with the excess energy, then letting them back down if the energy is needed (at night). traditionally this is hydro, but it's also possible to do it with pulleys and concrete blocks.
edit: e.g. https://gravitricity.com/ https://gravitricity.com/
- rocqua 6y agoI remember a similar concept that would work by stacking barrels of concrete using automated cranes. They had a press release like 2 years ago, and since then I never heard anything from them anymore.