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[–] Tobberone@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Interesting! Is the idea to use excess electricity to heat the sand and then reproduce power via Steam turbine? Any idea how the heat is extracted ?

I've heard of a similar plant, but that used mirrors to heat up the sand directly, rather than using it as a way to use excess electricity.

Same idea, different material is thermal storage in sand.