Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days agoThis startup wants to use the Earth as a massive batterywww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkThis startup wants to use the Earth as a massive batterywww.technologyreview.comAatube@kbin.melroy.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
A recent test shows that Quidnet’s technology can store energy in pressurized water underground for months at a time.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoIf I get it right, the ground itself is the impermeable “bladder”, as the water is pressed into rock. The rock maintains the pressure onto the water until it is being released.
If I get it right, the ground itself is the impermeable “bladder”, as the water is pressed into rock. The rock maintains the pressure onto the water until it is being released.