Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month 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-square133linkfedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down110
arrow-up1490arrow-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-21 month agomessage-square133linkfedilink
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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 month 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 month agoI must have got the 1.2GW from some comment.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s in the title so you are not mistaken. The problem is that various statistics have been reported and we don’t know what is correct.
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.
It’s in the title so you are not mistaken. The problem is that various statistics have been reported and we don’t know what is correct.