electricity grid Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/electricity-grid/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:26:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Using gravity to store energy https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/using-gravity-to-store-energy/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/using-gravity-to-store-energy/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:03:16 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6338 Edinburgh-based Gravitricity are starting work on a scaled down demonstrator tower to test the response of their design for a gravity driven energy storage system. It’s not exactly a ‘new’ idea – I keep thinking of my dad’s fabulous 18th century grandfather clock – but it is deliciously simple and elegant. Gravitricity plan to re-purpose […]

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