Giant flywheels are to be installed around the UK to minimise the risk of blackouts as the power system goes carbon-free. Flywheels are energy storage systems that use surplus electricity to accelerate a massive metal “wheel”, thereby turning it into mechanical energy. To avoid energy losses, the wheels are kept in a frictionless vacuum. If the grid needs a boost of electrical energy, the spinning disk can be used to generate power via magnetic induction – just as happens in … read more »
The post Electricity Supplies & Storage appeared first on No2NuclearPower.
