Anonymous ID: edbea1 Feb. 26, 2023, 9:02 a.m. No.18414672   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4835

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> the renewable energy is used to heat the sand to a temperature of 500°C, which can be maintained for months

Sooo, it's a heat reservoir, and uses heat-exchangers to generate electricity on-demand. Not sure if that's really revolutionary, and dealing with molten silicates is not a fun engineering problem. Could work, probably be moar expensive than just using coal and nuclear.