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Japan has converted all of their largest hydroelectric plants to pumped storage, as far as I can tell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_
by scythe 2y ago
Japan has converted all of their largest hydroelectric plants to pumped storage, as far as I can tell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Japa...
Presumably countries with a higher proportion of electricity from hydropower, like Canada and Brazil, could get even more out of this than Japan does in terms of stabilizing renewables.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoYou can also float solar PV on the reservoirs, re-using the grid connections with extreme complementarity (since you want to hold the hydro power back when the solar is producing).