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>Scandinavia in general might be amazing for hydro I don't know. Here in Scandinavia the price of electricity is forecasted to sky rocket, due to lower output
by tokai 5y ago
>Scandinavia in general might be amazing for hydro
I don't know. Here in Scandinavia the price of electricity is forecasted to sky rocket, due to lower output of hydro power.[0] If macro weather pattern are to undergo rapid change hydro power might not be the most reliable.
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- fulafel 5y agoForgotten reference? But it would be a good thing since it incentivises using hydro mainly as variable power to support solar/wind and not as base power.
- ben_w 5y agoIf you’re using it as a battery, which is what I’m suggesting here, you don’t need to worry about rain.
- Ekaros 5y agoThey are still fresh water rivers. So you still need some supply and flow.
- Filligree 5y agoYou can't use it as a battery without large reservoirs of water you can pump into the input reservoir. Norway only has half the necessary infrastructure.
- jhgb 5y agoNot necessarily -- you can modulate output. The input reservoir gets refilled naturally if your average outflow matches the average inflow.
- Arnt 5y agoThat is precisely what Norway does. Prices go up when average inflow is low. The biggest source of inflow is snow, which maps to outflow 0-18 months later.