I’ve seen the wear and tear that goes into sync converters and actual flywheels for pulsed power applications… let’s see how these degrade.
China connects its first large-scale flywheel storage project to grid - Energy Storage
Submitted 2 months ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to energy@slrpnk.net
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RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 months ago
kittykittycatboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
procrastinators!!
Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
There is no energy amount mentioned, only power. This indicates that it is really low, like able to provide the 30MW output only some minutes.
For frequency correction this can work, because you can quickly change direction, but is it too complex just for that.
Onihikage@beehaw.org 2 months ago
The purpose of this plant is in fact not grid-level storage, but secondary functions as you mentioned, and it’s also meant to be a proof-of-concept. Per an article from CNESA’s English site when the plant’s construction began in June 2023: