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"Superconductor solution": did you mean "supercapacitor solution"?

• jacquesm 3y ago
  No, superconductor. Effectively an electronic version of the flywheel. There is a company in the United States that has been making these for almost 20 years now, they are used for ride-through in hospitals and for windfarm output stabilization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnetic_energy_storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnetic_energ... https://www.amsc.com/gridtec/renewable-interconnectivity-solutions/ https://www.amsc.com/gridtec/renewable-interconnectivity-sol... Enjoy the read. It's interesting stuff.
  • fmajid 3y ago
    It is indeed, but the refrigeration needed would seem cumbersome for most applications.
    • jacquesm 3y ago
      Not really, I've seen these units in the middle of the mountains sitting right next to a windfarm. About as inaccessible as it gets and yet they were there and humming along. Note that there is plenty of energy available for the refrigeration and that those units run for years unattended. Occasionally you need to top off the refrigeration gear but that's once every two years or so, a bit more involved than your average HVAC setup but not that much more involved.