How giant canyons in the Earth could store energy and slash your electric bills
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from Fast Company2 months ago
"It's like an orchestra," said Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, director of the Renewable Energy and Advanced Mathematics Laboratory at UCSD. "We need to think about all these factors, how they work. But bringing in more storage can only help in making this more cost-effective."
Fast Companyhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91238919/how-giant-canyons-in-the-earth-could-store-energy-and-slash-your-electric-bills
A new study shows that large-scale deployment of long-duration energy storage isn't just feasible but essential for renewables to reach their full potential, reducing electricity prices by over 70% in high-demand times.
Fast Companyhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91238919/how-giant-canyons-in-the-earth-could-store-energy-and-slash-your-electric-bills
The need for an alternative has U.S. government, researchers, and startups scrambling to develop more 'long-duration energy storage' that can provide a minimum of 10 hours of backup power.
Fast Companyhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91238919/how-giant-canyons-in-the-earth-could-store-energy-and-slash-your-electric-bills
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