Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoSwitzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery, able to output 1.2 GW within milliseconds.www.ecoticias.comexternal-linkmessage-square133linkfedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down19
arrow-up1460arrow-down1external-linkSwitzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery, able to output 1.2 GW within milliseconds.www.ecoticias.comGsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square133linkfedilink
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoFYI. Hydro power has similar capacity and start up times
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoYeah, the downside of hydro though is that you need to have a fitting space to build it. You can’t just excavate a random field somewhere and plonk a hydro dam right there. In most places all easy spots for hydro are already taken.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoVery true. You can build a pool on top of a mountain and pump/discharge water but it is super expensive for limited capacity.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoNot quite - only the biggest hydro stations can generate a gigawatt or more, and their startup time is like 10 minutes.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours agoThis project is only 500 MW here https://www.pv-magazine.de/2024/09/20/flexbase-plant-500-megawatt-redox-flow-speicher-in-der-schweiz/ And other places say 800 MW Both of which are comparable to large hydro. Modern pumped hydro has a ramp up in the 10s of seconds range. Anyway. Same ballpark in terms of power.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoI must have got the 1.2GW from some comment.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoIt’s in the title so you are not mistaken. The problem is that various statistics have been reported and we don’t know what is correct.
FYI. Hydro power has similar capacity and start up times
Yeah, the downside of hydro though is that you need to have a fitting space to build it. You can’t just excavate a random field somewhere and plonk a hydro dam right there.
In most places all easy spots for hydro are already taken.
Very true. You can build a pool on top of a mountain and pump/discharge water but it is super expensive for limited capacity.
Not quite - only the biggest hydro stations can generate a gigawatt or more, and their startup time is like 10 minutes.
This project is only 500 MW here
https://www.pv-magazine.de/2024/09/20/flexbase-plant-500-megawatt-redox-flow-speicher-in-der-schweiz/
And other places say 800 MW
Both of which are comparable to large hydro.
Modern pumped hydro has a ramp up in the 10s of seconds range.
Anyway. Same ballpark in terms of power.
I must have got the 1.2GW from some comment.
It’s in the title so you are not mistaken. The problem is that various statistics have been reported and we don’t know what is correct.