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Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be (electrek.co)
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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year 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.