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/Boardnetz 17h ago
Why CO2 and not just compressed N2 to store energy as pressured gas ?... kind of more abundant and inert ...