poVoq@slrpnk.netM to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoFinland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealingtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todayhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squareChee_Koala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoThey report about 10/15% loss when doing heat -> heat. Cost per Kilowatt of storage about 25 euro, compared to 115 if lithium batteries were used.
They report about 10/15% loss when doing heat -> heat. Cost per Kilowatt of storage about 25 euro, compared to 115 if lithium batteries were used.