eicker@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 18 hours agoFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batterywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down11
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batterywww.cnbc.comeicker@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarejoelthelion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·18 hours agoAnd the best part is, it’s not actually complex or expensive technology. Essentially it’s a big box with crushed stone in it.
minus-squareeicker@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-218 hours agoExactly. That’s what makes it so compelling. No scarce minerals, no exotic chemistry, no billion Euro manufacturing plants. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.
And the best part is, it’s not actually complex or expensive technology. Essentially it’s a big box with crushed stone in it.
Exactly. That’s what makes it so compelling. No scarce minerals, no exotic chemistry, no billion Euro manufacturing plants. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.