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Hydroelectric energy storage is geographically limited and quite hard to develop. You need an elevated reservoir sitting next to a river or body of water in ord
by Manuel_D 3y ago
Hydroelectric energy storage is geographically limited and quite hard to develop. You need an elevated reservoir sitting next to a river or body of water in order to fill and drain it (look at the photo in your link, to see the kind of specific features required [1]). You can find academic articles proclaiming the vast potential of hydroelectric storage. But those are just running algorithms over terrain data, without consideration for accessibility to proximity to places with energy demand. Developing Tibet's hydroelectric potential isn't exactly feasible.
1. https://cdn.aiidatapro.net/media/9b/7d/7c/t780x490/9b7d7ca4d2e50b59f72e98cef032a446.webp https://cdn.aiidatapro.net/media/9b/7d/7c/t780x490/9b7d7ca4d...