The Mechanical Battery Explained - A Flywheel Comeback?

The Mechanical Battery Explained - A Flywheel Comeback? Go to https://brilliant.org/Undecided you can sign up for free. And also, the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium membership. When it comes to energy storage, our first thought usually is lithium ion batteries. But what if we went old school ... like just spinning things really fast and capturing that kinetic energy, old school. I thought I’d explain an example of a mechanical battery: the flywheel. And are they making a comeback?

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