▲ 100 ▼ China built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concrete (boingboing.net) submitted 1 month ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) You could also fill the tower with water pipes and use that to store energy. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Pumped storage hydroelectric plants are totally a thing for the uninitiated. This approach seems less reliant on geography. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Pumped storage hydroelectric plants are totally a thing for the uninitiated. This approach seems less reliant on geography. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Pumped storage hydroelectric plants are totally a thing for the uninitiated. This approach seems less reliant on geography. permalink fedilink source parent