LughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 5 months agoBursts of Free Power Raise Red Flags for Green Tech Investors - Prices below zero may slow the deployment of renewables & there aren’t enough batteries to store wind, solar energy.archive.phexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down11
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkBursts of Free Power Raise Red Flags for Green Tech Investors - Prices below zero may slow the deployment of renewables & there aren’t enough batteries to store wind, solar energy.archive.phLughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoDepends your definition of “battery”. Electrical storage sucks. But potential energy can be stored indefinitely with near zero loss over centuries.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoWould you care to elaborate? Do you mean like those gravity based energy storage solutions, or what?
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoInteresting. Sorta resembles parts of the construction of the pyramids… 🤔
Depends your definition of “battery”.
Electrical storage sucks. But potential energy can be stored indefinitely with near zero loss over centuries.
Would you care to elaborate? Do you mean like those gravity based energy storage solutions, or what?
Probably Pumped hydro
Interesting. Sorta resembles parts of the construction of the pyramids… 🤔