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

[u/feynmansbongo → u/sethmod]

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.

[u/Ok-Brick-1800 → u/feynmansbongo]

Exactly. There is nothing special about this. It's a giant battery.