An international team of scientists recently proposed another innovative and resourceful solution that involves repurposing old mines: Underground Gravity Energy Storage (UGES). They outlined the idea in the journal Energies. UGES involves lowering large amounts of sand stored in containers attached to a central cable down a deep underground shaft.
Lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydroelectric do the brunt of this energy storage work now, and are expected to dominate in the future, along with hydrogen fuel cells. An international team of scientists recently proposed another innovative and resourceful solution that involves repurposing old mines: Underground Gravity Energy Storage (UGES).
Scientists recently proposed repurposing old mine shafts to generate electricity by lowering containers of sand and storing electricity by raising the sand back up again. While the method cannot generate as much power for the grid as batteries or pumped hydro, it can cheaply store energy for months or years with no loss.
Old coal mines can be converted into "gravity batteries" by retrofitting them with equipment that raises and lowers giant piles of sand. Underground Gravity Energy Storage system: A schematic of different system sections. ( Credit: JD Hunt et al., Energies, 2023)
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