Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day 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.comvideomessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1429arrow-down18
arrow-up1421arrow-down1videoSwitzerland 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-21 day agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 hours agoFYI. Hydro power has similar capacity and start up times
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 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-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 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-up3·8 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-up1·8 hours agoI must have got the 1.2GW from some comment.
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.
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.