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I've wondered in the past if a giant flywheel the size of, say, a building and filled with a heavy material like concrete could store enough energy to make a di
by cman1444 3y ago
I've wondered in the past if a giant flywheel the size of, say, a building and filled with a heavy material like concrete could store enough energy to make a difference in intra-day grid loads.
- 1970-01-01 3y agoThis is already a thing, but its installed into manageable sizes: https://amberkinetics.com/installations/ https://amberkinetics.com/installations/
- aitchnyu 3y agoI was amazed at flywheel UPS 20 years back. Why arent they more popular by now? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel_energy_storage#Comparison_to_electric_batteries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel_energy_storage#Compar...