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International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

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Abandoned mine shafts become testing ground for gravity-based energy storage

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Published key feasibility research on mine-shaft energy storage potential

The world has roughly 500,000 abandoned mine shafts. A small group of engineering startups believes these holes could solve renewable energy's biggest problem: what happens when the sun sets and the wind dies.

Updated May 30