☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down14
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-linkChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.net☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoYou could also fill the tower with water pipes and use that to store energy.
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoYou could also store the water in an elevated lake, and then use pipes and generators to pump it from the low lake to the high lake.
minus-squareIMALlama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoPumped storage hydroelectric plants are totally a thing for the uninitiated. This approach seems less reliant on geography.
You could also fill the tower with water pipes and use that to store energy.
You could also store the water in an elevated lake, and then use pipes and generators to pump it from the low lake to the high lake.
Pumped storage hydroelectric plants are totally a thing for the uninitiated. This approach seems less reliant on geography.