Based on the principle of taking excess energy available in nature, scientists have successfully created batteries that can last forever.
For decades, people have been trying to find clean and inexhaustible energy sources to have a sustainable energy supply and contribute to fighting climate change.
One of the problems that still exists and greatly affects energy production is how to capture excess energy to reduce loss and increase energy efficiency. Recently, scientists have found a solution, which is gravity batteries or gravity batteries.
Basically, this solution is based on the principle of taking excess energy generated from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources, storing this excess energy in large-volume batteries. These batteries will be stored high above the ground and during the process of lowering for use, they will generate additional energy thanks to gravity.
But how does that extra energy work like a battery? The basic idea is actually very simple. Think about the effects of gravity. When a ball rolls from the top to the bottom of a hill, energy is created because the ball is in motion, and that energy was initially created by the energy used to push the ball from the bottom to the top of the hill. That principle applies to the gravity batteries we’re talking about here.
When we lift large masses up a vertical tunnel, like in a mine, we consume some energy, but because the masses (sand, dirt, rocks, whatever) are lifted up, we can let them fall back down to create additional energy. So, while not a standard battery, a gravity battery can still be used as an energy storage solution, just not in the way we usually think of.
Usually scientists still call this energy potential energy and it is not essentially electricity, but it can be easily converted from the motion of gravity cells into electricity and transmitted to the power line. electricity to bring it to the place of use. This is a unique and novel idea, but it is such ideas that often drive scientific breakthroughs in our civilization.
This is also not the first time gravity has been used to recharge batteries. A train designed to run forever uses a similar type of gravity battery, which is recharged whenever the train goes from a high place to a low place, so the train will run for as long as possible. There are also places where it can recharge its battery.
