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IMO, that is not an important factor because the water pump option would not even be available in a desert area. This is assuming you are thinking of traditiona
by anonymous5133 8y ago
IMO, that is not an important factor because the water pump option would not even be available in a desert area. This is assuming you are thinking of traditional pumped-hydro. You could probably make some sort of closed off pumped-storage where water can't escape but that would probably be very expensive.
- waynecochran 8y agoIf you have driven thru the Columbia Gorge where the highest capacity hydroelectric dams are you’ll notice that these dams are much lower than the surrounding top of the gorge. I always wonder why not pump water to the top of the gorge?
- mmt 8y agoI would expect a signficant limiting factor to be the cost of dam construction (which is going to go up at least geometrically with height, assuming a V-shaped opening), not the height of the already-constructed-by-nature surrounding walls.
- URSpider94 8y agoMany of our biggest hydro facilities in the USA are smack in the middle of the desert.