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> Nuclear replaces coal or hydro. There's not much hydro where I'm wrong, so I might be mistaken with this. But I always thought hydro was also pretty flexible
by red_trumpet 2y ago
> Nuclear replaces coal or hydro.
There's not much hydro where I'm wrong, so I might be mistaken with this. But I always thought hydro was also pretty flexible, so it could serve as peak load? Like, you can even pump water up a dam if you have a surplus of electricity.
- kvgr 2y agoI am not sure about the speed, but the capacity is issue. It takes a lot of land to build a lot of hydro, damages ecosystems.
- riffraff 2y ago> Like, you can even pump water up a dam if you have a surplus of electricity. only if you have two places where the water is stored, but pumped hydro is not the most common source of hydroelectric power in Europe.