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A new liquid battery stores solar heat for weeks (www.anthropocenemagazine.org)
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[–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, thermal batteries are great mainly just when you actually want heat. Think district heating or industrial processes. Trying tk drive a turbine with it to do other work loses you an order of magnitude in efficiency.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Yeah, thermal batteries are great mainly just when you actually want heat.

    Right, that's what this new technology is, a liquid thermal battery. There's not electricity or motion generated by the OP article, just storing heat.

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