☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@midwest.social
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-linkChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.net☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square47fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@midwest.social
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours 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-up3·12 hours 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.