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Direct Solar Power: Off-Grid Without Batteries | How we can minimize expensive, ecologically damaging battery storage by changing how we think about energy (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Afaik flywheels are good for smoothing out fluctuations and peaking but not for real storage.

Flow batteries and pumped hydro seem like the solution for durable storage.