Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months 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-square132fedilinkarrow-up1498
arrow-up1498videoSwitzerland 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 months agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoFYI. Hydro power has similar capacity and start up times
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoI must have got the 1.2GW from some comment.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoVery true. You can build a pool on top of a mountain and pump/discharge water but it is super expensive for limited capacity.
FYI. Hydro power has similar capacity and start up times
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.
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.