Re-purposing the world’s coal-fired power stations.

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Re-purposing the world’s coal-fired power stations.

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This highlights new ways to store green energy before using it to raise steam for existing electricity generation systems.
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I have two in my house, they are called storage heaters.
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Another neat idea, good to re-use as mush existing infrastructure as possible, and retain many jobs

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nowty wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 8:14 pm I have two in my house, they are called storage heaters.
you don't melt them though with all your PV do you??
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Using the phase change / latent heat of the aluminium-contained-in-graphite is clever, and re-using existing (big) plant and grid connections should clinch the viability, besides doing wonders for the carbon footprint of the project.
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