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It is only solved if you are lucky enough to have suitable geography and a stable and wealthy enough government to support it, and are willing to irrevocably da
by saosebastiao 11y ago
It is only solved if you are lucky enough to have suitable geography and a stable and wealthy enough government to support it, and are willing to irrevocably damage large ecological areas to build it. That solution isn't good enough to convert the entire world.
- Retric 11y agoThis things can actually be fairly compact and self contained. Traditional hydro is designed to store ~1 year of energy generally from seasonal rain, and needs a deep lake to build a useful head of water, which takes a lot of space. Pumped hydro is designed to store ~12 hours of energy and recharged every day. So, you can just have a small lake on top of a hill and another at the base within ~1-2 miles. As to geography you can also move electricity ~1,000 miles with minimal losses, So there is some dependence on geography but outside of some islands you can use pumped storage just about anywhere in the world as all you really need is a large hill to start with.