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Note to players: Description acceptable. One technology for this purpose has an “advanced adiabatic” variant that has yet to achieve viability. Various devices that serve this purpose can be compared using a Ragone plot. (15[1])One type of device used for this purpose relies on the formation of a double layer on two coatings of activated carbon and is called an EDLC. Another system for this purpose uses magnetic bearings to levitate a (*) flywheel. Round-trip efficiencies between 70-80% are achieved by “pumped” systems for this purpose, (-5[1])which hold water at two different elevations to deal (10[1])with load fluctuations. Technologies for this purpose are needed because, for (10[1])many renewables, peak demand and (-5[1])peak production occur at different times. For (10[1])10 points, name this process performed by hooking up a power plant to a grid of rechargeable batteries. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: energy storage [accept answers indicating that energy or power or electricity or charge is being stored or saved for later use; accept grid energy storage or advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage or flywheel energy storage or pumped hydroelectric storage; accept load balancing or load matching before “load”; prompt on load balancing or load matching after “load”; prompt on charging a battery or supercapacitor]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again3315
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry84-5
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdUG Championship Players (and Mazin)9310
Adam Silvermannats is supposed to mean you all have gone softmeet the new weird, same as the old weird10410
Mazin OmerWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainColumbia B109-5
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryUG Championship Players (and Mazin)11610
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) BagelryColumbia B13510
Geoffrey WuColumbia BWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again13810

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%0%17%104.50
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%115.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%67%103.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%33%33%87.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%119.33
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%33%115.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%50%0%78.50
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%124.50