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Exploiting the height of skyscrapers to generate electricity

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Exploiting the height of skyscrapers to generate electricity

20 June 2024
Energy Vault and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) are developing gravity energy storage systems for urban high-rises that generate electricity.
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Energy Vault, in partnership with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), is developing gravity energy storage systems

These systems will be incorporated into high-rise buildings in urban areas, using excess renewable energy to lift heavy blocks. The descent of these blocks will generate electricity. 

SOM, renowned for designing the Burj Khalifa, will create buildings up to 1,000 meters tall to integrate this technology.

Vladimir Spasić
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