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Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery, able to release 1.2 GW in milliseconds and store 2.1 GWh at a multibillion-dollar price tag


Switzerland’s giant underground battery could reshape Europe’s power grid with 1.2 GW released in milliseconds.

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