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A dam in a river can either be used as generation (if you always run it) or as storage if you vary the output. Most pumped hydro is already storage, but most hy
by adgjlsfhk1 4y ago
A dam in a river can either be used as generation (if you always run it) or as storage if you vary the output. Most pumped hydro is already storage, but most hydro currently isn't pumped.
- rgmerk 4y agoAnd it’s worth pointing out here that conventional hydro is being optimised in some places for a world with a lot of wind and solar in the grid. In a nutshell, you put in more generators to maximise your peak generation capacity, and operate them only when required.
- robertlagrant 4y agoAh, understood. But this isn't to do with renewable power storage at this point, just using artificial lakes as separate peak power storage?