China’s towering EVx project uses 24-ton blocks to store excess power, raising them when energy is cheap and letting them fall at will.
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It’s not really a battery killer at all. It would never fit or be useful in a car, phone or anything portable. It’s more of a possible replacement to pumped-storage hydroelectric.

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Batteries are increasingly used for large scale storage now, especially with renewables becoming more prevalent.

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Thats not what they’re using it for. This is an alternative to pumped hydro or big lithium arrays.

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