German institute successfully tests underwater energy storage sphere | Ars Technica

German institute successfully tests underwater energy storage sphere The Fraunhofer Institute is working on a seabed-based pumped-storage structure. MEGAN GEUSS – 3/6/2017, 6:39 PM On the left side the water is pumped out of the sphere, and on the right, water flows into the sphere to generate electricity. Fraunhofer IWES | Energy system technology A rendering of what many spheres together would look like. If you’re feeling a low-level involuntary terror at what looks like an Alien egg nest, you’re not a

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