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only if they are infinitely deep - it is just storage, they create no power, just shuffle it around
by airbreather 4y ago
only if they are infinitely deep - it is just storage, they create no power, just shuffle it around
- humanizersequel 4y agoSure, but we can incrementally 'charge' a battery like this using small amounts of excess power from irregular sources — solar being the obvious example — and tap it later in a controlled way.
- Kirby64 4y agoStorage is going to become (and, already is in many ways) an important part of the power generation of the future. If solar and wind are the majority of renewables, then there needs to be a way to store power cost-effectively to manage peaks, since Solar/Wind does not correlate with usage. Article's title is perhaps misleading, but the subhead clarifies its for energy storage in the article.