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myrmidon • today at 1:04 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It's around 1MWh within a fraction of a second.

That means very high peak power, making your whole capture infrastructure extremely expensive, but even capturing 100% of an average lightning bolt is worth <$100 in electricity.

Which is why nobody even attempts this.


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neutronicus • today at 3:46 PM

An actual generation scheme would probably do something with the potential difference prior to dielectric breakdown actually occurring, at any rate.