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Clean Energy - sand battery

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by l_boy, Mar 24, 2025.

  1. WC53

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    um cool, but,

    it was a sarcastic response to the furries not a school mascot sarcasm. Pottersvlle a movie about furries ;)
     
  2. Gatorrick22

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    Yep, just keeping it real. :D;)
     
  3. l_boy

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    “Europe Just Flipped the Switch”: World’s Biggest Sand Battery Goes Live and Instantly Slashes CO2 Emissions by 70% - Sustainability Times



    In a groundbreaking step toward sustainable energy solutions, Finland has unveiled the world’s first industrial-scale sand battery. This innovative energy storage system, developed by Finnish startup Polar Night Energy, aims to significantly reduce emissions and enhance grid stability. Located in the small municipality of Pornainen, the sand battery utilizes surplus renewable energy to generate heat, which is then distributed to the local district heating network. This pioneering project marks a major milestone in the global transition to clean energy, offering a glimpse into the future of energy storage and sustainability.

    The installation delivers one megawatt of thermal energy and boasts a storage capacity of 100 megawatt-hours, making it the largest of its kind worldwide.

    (by my Calcs that’s about 7700 Tesla power walls)
     
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  4. l_boy

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    CA to build largest battery storage facility in the world

    Dried-up California farmland to become site of world-record solar facility

    Darden, as proposed, will be absolutely massive — it’s meant to supplant a Kern County facility as the world’s largest battery energy storage system. Per the release, the solar section will include about 3.1 million panels, and the battery section, composed of Tesla’s Megapack 2 XL batteries, could be big enough to power 850,000 homes for four hours.
     
  5. Emmitto

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    I am in Outer Banks and the amount of energy that will transfer from the sand into your soul via your feet is something to behold, and then extinguish.

    TBC, that is North Carolina. Not North Hell.
     
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