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Pumped storage can't contribute to net electricity generation, so all 60% has to be from regular hydro. Unless I misunderstand what is meant by "net" here.
by dmurray 8y ago
Pumped storage can't contribute to net electricity generation, so all 60% has to be from regular hydro. Unless I misunderstand what is meant by "net" here.
- masklinn 8y agoYou seem right, but maybe they mean some of the currently "regular" hydro would be converted to pumped hydro[0], allowing for storage & smoothing of other renewable energy sources. [0] most dams are not suitable for conversion[1], but some can be e.g. France's Bissorte was converted from the original 75MW gravity dam to a 750MW pumped hydro station in the 80s. [1] at least not without gigantic work to create a discharge reservoir from nothing