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Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Hydroelectric Dams are a gravity based battery. Crudely, water falling spins the turbine generating electricity. One of the few power generating methods that doesn't involve first turning water to steam to spin the turbine.

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