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> From TFA itself, they estimate they can offer a price of $171/MWh, while Lithium-ion batteries cost $367/MWh.

With absolutely nothing to explain the cost estimate, so you can put away "TFA" thank you.

A system like this with only a single weight is going to be a huge amount of work to set up each unit of capacity.

Also looking up the info I can find, I think they're calculating that rate over a 60 year lifetime.

Edit: Uh, did I say something offensive?



> Uh, did I say something offensive?

No that I see. It's just really easy to read your comments in a haughty tone, which naturally selects for downvotes. The content of your posts, on the other hand, seems to encourage deeper investigation, so that's probably on point.

Communication is hard.




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