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SUMMARY:Invisible Gigantic Pumped Storage Power Plants (PSPPs) in Lignite 
 Open-Cast Mines - A Key Technology for Short-Term Storage to Implement the
  Energy Transition
DTSTART:20260428T141500Z
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CONTACT:l.wunderlich@gsi.de\;+49-6159-71-1879
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Horst Schmidt-Böcking (GU Frankfurt)\n\nThe sun pro
 vides Earth\, and thus mankind\, with a virtually unlimited amount of envi
 ronmentally friendly\, renewable energy in the form of light. Therefore\, 
 an energy crisis does not exist on Earth. Most of this Solar energy is sto
 red as heat in the atmosphere and the oceans. However\, to utilize this en
 ergy source in the atmosphere\, we humans must learn to convert this energ
 y into electricity using modern technologies\, primarily wind turbines WK 
 and photovoltaics PV\, and then store it.\nMany different methods of stori
 ng electrical energy (green hydrogen\, batteries such as lithium-ion batte
 ries\, hydro power plants etc.) are currently being discussed and tested. 
 Energy storage by hydro power plants has been proven for a long time. It c
 an not only store enormous amounts of energy\, but it is also very economi
 cal and has an approximately 80% recovery efficiency for electricity. A pr
 oposal to erect huge hydro power plants is the idea of invisible pumped-st
 orage hydroelectric power plants in open-cast lignite mines or in the deep
  sea.\n \n \n\nhttps://indico.gsi.de/event/24768/
LOCATION:KBW Lecture Hall (GSI)
URL:https://indico.gsi.de/event/24768/
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