Gravity storage for renewables

[Old Rocks]

Another way to skin the cat.

 

[trevorjohnson83]

I don't know why they don't just drill holes in the ground instead of building towers of steel for a path for the weight to be lowered. I guess that's my own thing though

 

[Wuwei]

Thanks, but one thing I don't like about youtube videos is that it took about 6 minutes before he got to the point of using solid masses rather than water. Youtube videos are always too verbose. But nevertheless the concept is great and the 85% efficiency is impressive.

If they used wind power it would be better if the windmill did not convert energy to electricity to run a motor to convert electricity to gravitational potential. If the windmill directly lifted the weight mechanically there would be better efficiency. This was done on farms for irrigation centuries ago. I wonder why it is in disfavor now.

 

[toobfreak]

Another way to skin the cat.

Such a flawed, stupid idea I'm amazed you even offered it!

So now you are going to use 2x electricity during the day to get back x electricity at night!

That's not a "battery," it is an energy dispurser.

That is, assuming you even have mountains and water to begin with!

 

[Old Rocks]

I don't know why they don't just drill holes in the ground instead of building towers of steel for a path for the weight to be lowered. I guess that's my own thing though

It costs less to build the tower. However, if you had watched the video, some are proposing using old mine shafts in that manner.

 

[Old Rocks]

Such a flawed, stupid idea I'm amazed you even offered it!

So now you are going to use 2x electricity during the day to get back x electricity at night!

That's not a "battery," it is an energy dispurser.

That is, assuming you even have mountains and water to begin with!

So typical of this dumb as, watched a couple of minutes of the video and thinks he know everything that was in it. Once again displays his willful ignorance.

 

[Old Rocks]

Thanks, but one thing I don't like about youtube videos is that it took about 6 minutes before he got to the point of using solid masses rather than water. Youtube videos are always too verbose. But nevertheless the concept is great and the 85% efficiency is impressive.

If they used wind power it would be better if the windmill did not convert energy to electricity to run a motor to convert electricity to gravitational potential. If the windmill directly lifted the weight mechanically there would be better efficiency. This was done on farms for irrigation centuries ago. I wonder why it is in disfavor now.

You would have to build a tower for every mill. And you would have transmission losses on both the generation of the wind turbines and the gravity storage. Also, would not work when the wind was not blowing.

 

[trevorjohnson83]

It costs less to build the tower. However, if you had watched the video, some are proposing using old mine shafts in that manner.

Yeah but if you drilled maybe 50 2 foot diameter holes about 200 feet deep, you could get the same effect and would have saved on the steel to build towers.

 

[Concerned American]

So typical of this dumb as, watched a couple of minutes of the video and thinks he know everything that was in it. Once again displays his willful ignorance.

There was more about tidal generation in Korea in the first couple minutes of that claptrap than there was about your bullshit generator. Keep on going to those OR schools, maybe you can come up with a great idea like the Simpsons or Nike, OR hasn't produced anything else except BLM/Antifa rioters.

 

[Old Rocks]

There was more about tidal generation in Korea in the first couple minutes of that claptrap than there was about your bullshit generator. Keep on going to those OR schools, maybe you can come up with a great idea like the Simpsons or Nike, OR hasn't produced anything else except BLM/Antifa rioters.

OK, you are very welcome not to visit magnificent Oregon.

 

[Concerned American]

Yeah but if you drilled maybe 50 2 foot diameter holes about 200 feet deep, you could get the same effect and would have saved on the steel to build towers.

Plus, it wouldn't trash the aesthetics of the area--Old Rocks in His Head doesn't care about the aesthetic environmental damage.

 

[Concerned American]

OK, you are very welcome not to visit magnificent Oregon.

Believe me, I go to great lengths to avoid that POS state.

 

[toobfreak]

So typical of this dumb as

At least I'm smart enough to spell ASS. Which makes me about 60 IQ points higher than you.

 

[Old Rocks]

Plus, it wouldn't trash the aesthetics of the area--Old Rocks in His Head doesn't care about the aesthetic environmental damage.

Ah yes, and this is so aesthetically pleasing;

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[Old Rocks]

Believe me, I go to great lengths to avoid that POS state.

Which pleases everyone here to no end.

 

[toobfreak]

Ah yes, and this is so aesthetically pleasing

How do you propose getting surface minerals, phoning into China?

 

[Crepitus]

I don't know why they don't just drill holes in the ground instead of building towers of steel for a path for the weight to be lowered. I guess that's my own thing though

The tower is easier to build and maintain.

 

[trevorjohnson83]

The tower is easier to build and maintain.

You could drill a hole for a house and weight in the form of steel rods be lowered one at a time when you neeed the energy. It would be usefule with climate change to have a personal way of powering your home by recharging the battery on your own.

 

[Wuwei]

You would have to build a tower for every mill. And you would have transmission losses on both the generation of the wind turbines and the gravity storage. Also, would not work when the wind was not blowing.

I was referring to irrigation for farms. I am surprised that you can still buy windmills for irrigation and livestock today from vendors. They look almost similar to those in I saw as a kid in the Midwest.

 

[trevorjohnson83]

You could drill a hole for a house and weight in the form of steel rods be lowered one at a time when you neeed the energy. It would be usefule with climate change to have a personal way of powering your home by recharging the battery on your own.

Plus by having individual battery's at each home, the power plant could store energy over a wide scale, this would be useful for storing energy during low energy usage times.