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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYeah, large-scale power plants have an efficiency of maybe 55%. Small scale heat engines are pretty hard to make work better than 30%. Storage with solid weights is probably competitive with this. Hopefully someone figures out a low-cost grid battery.
Yeah, large-scale power plants have an efficiency of maybe 55%. Small scale heat engines are pretty hard to make work better than 30%.
Storage with solid weights is probably competitive with this. Hopefully someone figures out a low-cost grid battery.