| ▲ | myrmidon a day ago | |
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. | ||
| ▲ | neutronicus a day ago | parent [-] | |
An actual generation scheme would probably do something with the potential difference prior to dielectric breakdown actually occurring, at any rate. | ||