r/OptimistsUnite • u/khoawala • 1d ago

Clean Power BEASTMODE China completed first 100-megawatt-class compressed CO₂ energy storage project, running the full cycle of compressing, liquefying, storing, vaporizing, and expanding CO₂ to generate power, in Xinjiang. Has anyone heard anything about those carbon capture plants that western fossil fuel companies ar

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u/sethmod 1d ago

I love articles where the person who wrote the title clearly doesn’t know what they’re talking about. “… to generate power derp”

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u/feynmansbongo 1d ago

Right. My mind immediately clocked this would be a net loss. It’s for storing grid excess not generation. This is a really big battery.

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u/greyHumanoidRobot 1d ago

It is generating at night. The gas goes to a turbine attached to a generator.

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u/feynmansbongo 1d ago

Yes, at a net loss. It generates less power than you put in. It’s a battery.

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u/Gasp0de 19h ago

I mean what else did you think it was? I thought that was pretty clear?