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by Workaccount2 1057 days ago
Superconductors are a transferring energy technology, not a storing energy technology. Although they would likely augment the efficiency of storage technologies.
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bilsbie 1057 days ago
Actually both https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnetic_ene...
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sudosysgen 1057 days ago
They can be used to store energy, though they're pretty terrible at it for all but specialized applications.
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