We went to Finland to hear about the new 'sand battery' that will turn stored renewable energy back into power for the electrical grid

https://slrpnk.net/post/36223603

We went to Finland to hear about the new 'sand battery' that will turn stored renewable energy back into power for the electrical grid - SLRPNK

Lemmy

I know it meets the technical definition of battery but I wish they would come up with different names for things like this. This feels more like energy conversion with some temporary storage characteristics than what I would call a “battery.”

Ah, so it’s gravity?

Nope, it’s heat.