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It almost sounds like running a large motor/generator with a large flywheel on it, just for the purposes of frequency stabilization and flattening load spikes, may be a good idea in a large solar installation. The downside is the mass and the bulk, and the cost of copper. The upside is zero reaction time.


It is in fact a thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel_storage_power_syste...

I believe (but I am 0% expert) these are mostly but not exclusively used for adding inertia to the system, rather than real energy storage.





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