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Google Has a Long Duration Energy Storage Message for Fossil Fuels(cleantechnica.com)
6 points by westurner 18 hours ago | 2 comments
  • westurner18 hours ago

    The article is about LDES Long-Duration Energy Storage.

    (I remember learning of Google's early Bloom Box investments many years ago; instead of diesel generator reserves which expire.)

    Energy Dome has a CO2 -based LDES which Google has invested in.

    Energy Dome's requires compressing CO2 to supercriticality.

    > [...] pumped storage hydropower still accounts for more than 90% of utility scale storage in the US, long duration or otherwise.

    • westurner18 hours ago |parent

      Additional forms of CO2 storage and capture?

      - Concrete that absorbs CO2; developed with Allegro-FM AI: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44677145

      - Bicarbonate + CO2 + (...) => formate at 96% efficiency: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38097663

      /? CO2 (in my hnlog)

      - Butter! "Butter made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40918803