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Power storage via adiabatic air compression

A project of the NRP "Energy turnaround" aims to achieve a world first by transforming a redundant mucking tunnel from the Gotthard Base Tunnel into an adiabatic compressed air energy storage facility.

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Energy storage by compressed air

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