Some of this stuff would be very easy to copy or modify.

  • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Heat isn't waste. It's considered waste in a lot of situations because it's a byproduct that is sometimes difficult to get rid of, but that doesn't make it inherently useless.

    Otherwise I agree that it's maybe not the most intuitive type of energy storage but if those large solar-thermal power plants use it to generate power throughout the night there's gotta be something to it. I imagine it's also something that scales well because the area grows slower than the volume.