Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery, able to release 1.2 GW in milliseconds and store 2.1 GWh at a multibillion-dollar price tag
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Switzerland’s giant underground battery could reshape Europe’s power grid with 1.2 GW released in milliseconds.
  • calcopiritus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I don’t think the multibillion price tag is about the physical battery itself.

    It’s probably the cost of the entire project. Which includes:

    • Project management
    • Engineering
    • Digging the whole
    • Security
    • Maintainance
    • Environmental impact analysis (among many other analysis)
    • Reducing the environmental impact
    • Permits (and a LOT of bureaucracy)

    The list goes on. Notice how I didn’t even mention the battery itself.