Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage

Interesting article about the current state of pumped hydro energy storage, where you pump water uphill while the sun is generating lots of power during the day and then let the water flow back downhill at night to generate electricity.

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1126523766/water-batteries-could-store-solar-and-wind-power-for-when-its-needed

Introduction to Heat Pumps

 MIT Review has a nice explainer about heat pumps. I learned something. Of course, that's a low bar.

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