Anything that uses the force of a falling object to do work. For example, water mills, hydroelectric power generators, pile drivers. Even a person jumping (up and) down on earth to flatten it.
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Relative gravitational potential energy.
An advantage for gravitational energy is that gravitational energy is that it can be made/created very easily and transformed easily as well
Gravitational + Potential = 100 If you have 67 J of potential energy your gravitational energy would be 33 J.
It is different because gravitational potential energy is when something is getting pulled by gravity and potential energy is stored energy which means that it is not moving and the energy is not getting released as gravitational energy is.
Gravitational energy is the potential energy associated with gravitational force. If an object falls from one point to another point inside a gravitational field, the force of gravity will do positive work on the object, and the gravitational potential energy will decrease by the same amount.