2026-10-24 06:56 UTC
Italy Stores Grid Power in Giant CO2 Domes [Closed loop critical point CO2 compression battery, currently 200 MWh]
Found this on another “social” network - and thought I’d share with you, as I think the principle is pretty intriguing.
The article itself reads a bit sloppy - but explains what’s going on quite well imo.
On the sun-drenched Mediterranean island of Sardinia, in the industrial zone of Ottana, rises a colossal, gleaming white elliptical bladder structure that looks like an indoor sports stadium or a terrestrial space habitat. Instead of
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@fullsquare@awful.systems 2026-10-24 07:26
the trick is that in high energy state carbon dioxide is liquid held under pressure instead of high pressure gas, like it works with compressed air energy storage, this makes it much more efficient
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@brem@lemmy.world 2026-10-24 08:00
The weird golf ball places with fancy computers in them use this design to reflect signal attacks. I use this design to make Dorito balls. The trick is to glue with cheese. It works really well when capturing people who would dare to eat a Dorito ball.
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@thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2026-10-24 08:17
Awesome concept, and really cool that it’s actually been built! reads a bit sloppy I caved in about half way, at that point it was just churning out more words.