☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down15
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.net☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoWhat I meant is that you need to build a unit of a certain size before it becomes efficient enough to be practical.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoYes, I agree. I’m just making the point that there isn’t just a lower limit to the scale for a system like this, but an upper limit too, where you would have been better off just building a dam.
What I meant is that you need to build a unit of a certain size before it becomes efficient enough to be practical.
Yes, I agree. I’m just making the point that there isn’t just a lower limit to the scale for a system like this, but an upper limit too, where you would have been better off just building a dam.
Yeah for sure.