Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery, able to release 1.2 GW in milliseconds and store 2.1 GWh at a multibillion-dollar price tag
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Switzerland’s giant underground battery could reshape Europe’s power grid with 1.2 GW released in milliseconds.
  • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Yeah, the downside of hydro though is that you need to have a fitting space to build it. You can’t just excavate a random field somewhere and plonk a hydro dam right there.

    In most places all easy spots for hydro are already taken.