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Bernie Ecclestoned to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green and pleasant batteries

www.rechargenews.com

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'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green and pleasant batteries

www.rechargenews.com

Bernie Ecclestoned to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Technology based on dense fluid said to open up 'massive opportunities' in mountain-light English countryside and around the world
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    Very cool. Do we know what the fluid is? Does it pose any health risks if it somehow leaks into the groundwater?

    • @Dasnap@lemmy.world
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      It’s just good ol’ fashioned mercury.

      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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        The article claims it’s 2.5x as dense as water, which according to this density chart is probably bromine.

        • roguetrick
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          I actually bet it’s just very very fine stonedust and water in suspension.

          • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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            I’m not sure which would be worse for the machinery

            • roguetrick
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              Supposedly it’s exactly that, but stabilized by a polymer to keep it in suspension for up to 60 days without mixing. https://online.flippingbook.com/view/1025707592/10/#zoom=true

              Edit: I’ve concluded it’s likely calcium carbonate.

              • Khalic
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                rotor blades are going to love this

    • Bernie EcclestonedOP
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      7•2 years ago

      Our innovative fluid R-19 is environmentally benign and has been engineered to be non-reactive and non-corrosive.

      https://www.rheenergise.com/

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      They’re saying it’s minerals and a polymer. In that case even a leak into groundwater would just be leaking groundwater. (Depending on what the polymer is)

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