The Core
Why We Are Here => Hardware & Technology => Topic started by: rcjordan on April 30, 2021, 01:43:17 PM
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https://newatlas.com/energy/hydrostor-compressed-air-energy-storage/
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That's really interesting technology. Compressed air spins the turbines, but it is still pumping water around quite a bit. I guess it is more efficient than increasing the PSI by pumping air into the cavern?
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Wow. 10GWH is a lot of juice! I wonder how much the big dams store (not counting inflows).
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SUPER HOT SALT MIGHT CUT SOLAR POWER COSTS
https://www.futurity.org/solar-power-costs-molten-salt-2561652
I almost mentioned when you posted the above that I hadn't heard much about superheated salts lately... until today