Plans unveiled to convert Europe's deepest zinc and copper mine into 2MW gravity energy plant

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Gravitricity

Underground energy storage innovator Gravitricity inks deal to transform disused mineshaft in central Finland into underground energy storage facility

Edinburgh-based Gravitricity has today detailed plans to turn Europe's deepest zinc and copper mine into the continent's first full-scale gravity-based energy store. The deal with Finnish developer...

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