eicker@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 9 days agoFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batterywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down11
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minus-squarejoelthelion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 days 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-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoThat’s a huge oversimplification.
minus-squareeicker@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 days 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.
That’s a huge oversimplification.
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.