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Of Squirrels, Unicorns, Electricity Storage & Flywheels, Part Two

17th December 2024 Going Postal 0

As per Wiki : A flywheel is a mechanical device that uses the conservation of angular momentum  to store rotational energy, a form of kinetic energy proportional to the product of its moment of inertia and the [more…]

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Of Squirrels, Unicorns, Electricity Storage & Flywheels, Part One

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For my sins, I’ve been trying to make sense of the UK Government’s ambition to de-carbonise the domestic electric grid by 2030. Because the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine, a [more…]

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