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Forgive my ignorance in advance; is there any viability to a system that pumps water uphill to a storage tank then it flows downhill later to let the current ru
by kingkawn 8y ago
Forgive my ignorance in advance; is there any viability to a system that pumps water uphill to a storage tank then it flows downhill later to let the current run a generator?
- modzu 8y agoyou're basically describing a gravity battery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_battery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_battery
- taylortbb 8y agoYes, in fact they're already in use. They're called pumped storage systems, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit...
- OxO4 8y agoYes, pumped-storage hydroelectricity is used extensively [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit...