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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #182 Using Gravity to Store Energy
Description: As electricity grids around the world transition to using renewable energy resources, investment will need to be made in energy storage. When the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow there needs to be a way for the grid to be supplied with electricity.
Currently pumped hydro storage is the main form of energy storage, although that requires specific geographical layout. Another form of storage getting significant investment is battery storage, batteries are becoming more efficient but still can store significantly less power than other storage forms and degrade over time.
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