Is there a way to harness lightning for power? How many kilowatts or megawatts would be harnessed from a single strike? And could it be easily stored in lithium batteries?
1.21 Jigga watts last I heard.....................🙄
That's been my question for quite a while.
I'd also like to see a compost generator produce stored energy. Sustained temps of 160°-180° F has to be worth something.
I think taking high voltage, high current that would need to transfer in less than a second exceeds anything we’re remotely capable of.
Secondarily, while we think a bolt of lightening has insane amounts of energy, I’ve heard it can only power a very medium sized city for about 1 minute. Which is still a lot. But kind of puts it in persepective of just how many (completely unpredictable) bolts of lightening you’d need to capture to have any kind of efficency.
Sure, get a kite, hang a key off of it and connect it to a solar panal and a wind turbine.
Kite, key, jar.