▲ 264 ▼ A new liquid battery stores solar heat for weeks (www.anthropocenemagazine.org) submitted 6 months ago by Itwasntme223@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) Drake landing did this 20 years ago with water, salt, sand. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) That's a geothermal battery system with solar water heating as the input. But what's really cool about Drake Landing is that they can store energy from the summer to heat the homes in the winter, and they even hit net zero a few years ago. Edit: No idea what the downvote is for... There's more info about this project here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Landing_Solar_Community It's a little disappointing to learn it was decommissioned, but the technology for seasonal energy storage is really interesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 6 months ago all of that without heat pumps too permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) That's a geothermal battery system with solar water heating as the input. But what's really cool about Drake Landing is that they can store energy from the summer to heat the homes in the winter, and they even hit net zero a few years ago. Edit: No idea what the downvote is for... There's more info about this project here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Landing_Solar_Community It's a little disappointing to learn it was decommissioned, but the technology for seasonal energy storage is really interesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 6 months ago all of that without heat pumps too permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 6 months ago all of that without heat pumps too permalink fedilink source parent