• kaffiene@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    What? You don’t have Google? Options I know of (other than batteries and pumped hydro) : Compressed Air Energy Storage, Thermal Energy Storage, Fly wheels, Hydrogen, Supercapacitors, Gravitational Storage

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      6 months ago
      1. It’s not easy to go over all options.
      2. Many of these are largely theoretical, or for temporary storage. For instance, I don’t think fluwheels can store energy for months.
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        6 months ago

        Nobody wants energy stored for months. Whatever storage is used needs to get through temporary decreases in efficiency. In places that use solar, that means from one afternoon to the next morning. In places that use wind, it means until the wind picks up. We’re talking storage on the order of tens of hours at the most.