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Excuse me, but the company in the article was debunked as pretty much a scam. You cannot physically make that work economically.
by baybal2 6y ago
Excuse me, but the company in the article was debunked as pretty much a scam.
You cannot physically make that work economically.
- imtringued 6y agoYeah all of them are questionable. The only one that has even a tiny chance of succeeding is the piston idea. You don't have to pay for the weight and you only have to cut the circumference of the piston out.
- Animats 6y agoThe piston idea has a problem. Rock isn't like that. Natural rock does not often come as one big solid piece. It's more like a pile of boulders of different sizes. There are cracks, underground water, rubble, etc.
- pipermerriam 6y agoCan you provide a source for this?
- p1mrx 6y agoHere's a sarcastic YouTube video, at least: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhCuzxNvv0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhCuzxNvv0
- jussij 6y agoBased on the video found on the Energy Vault web site they seem to be doing some serious engineering in building their prototype: https://energyvault.com/commercial-demonstration-unit/ https://energyvault.com/commercial-demonstration-unit/ As to whether it works, I guess they will know once they've complete the prototype build and done some testing.
- baybal2 6y agoJust do the math. Total amount of energy they store is no more than a TEU container worth of lithium batteries, or few dozens of modern flywheels, or hundred so of plain steel ones.