Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 hours 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down18
arrow-up1393arrow-down1external-linkSwitzerland 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-224 hours agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours 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-up3·1 hour 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-up1·1 hour agoI must have got the 1.2GW from some comment.
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.