top | item 44959669 (no title) gaoryrt | 6 months ago Why go throught the extra solar -> electricity -> resistive heating -> soil instead of directly doing solar -> heating a metal rod -> soil?Cutting out the conversion steps should be more efficient. discuss order hn newest 3eb7988a1663|6 months ago If the electricity is free, efficiency does not matter that much. The capex of the storage system might matter a lot more. In which case, heating up a big mass might be more economically feasible than battery installations.
3eb7988a1663|6 months ago If the electricity is free, efficiency does not matter that much. The capex of the storage system might matter a lot more. In which case, heating up a big mass might be more economically feasible than battery installations.
3eb7988a1663|6 months ago