eicker@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agoFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batterywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down11 cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batterywww.cnbc.comeicker@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square17fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squarejoelthelion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 day agoAnd the best part is, it’s not actually complex or expensive technology. Essentially it’s a big box with crushed stone in it.
minus-squareeicker@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-21 day agoExactly. That’s what makes it so compelling. No scarce minerals, no exotic chemistry, no billion Euro manufacturing plants. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.
And the best part is, it’s not actually complex or expensive technology. Essentially it’s a big box with crushed stone in it.
Exactly. That’s what makes it so compelling. No scarce minerals, no exotic chemistry, no billion Euro manufacturing plants. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.