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German has no height. For their 11m pumped storage a battery may come close. But for the mountainous countries around hydro storage is much more effective and c
by rurban 2y ago
German has no height. For their 11m pumped storage a battery may come close. But for the mountainous countries around hydro storage is much more effective and cheaper. They do have up to 1000m and more.
And they are terribly effective to hold the peaks and spikes. Austria and Switzerland are getting rich selling their peak capacity to the big countries nearby.
- hnaccount_rng 2y agoDo you have some sources to their actual pricing? Some while ago I tried and came up blank. I assume your statements to be correct, because otherwise what would be the point of discussion, but I haven't been able to find any hard(ish) data
- rurban 2y agoMy source is a manager from a local energy company
- hnaccount_rng 2y agoFair enough, unfortunately doesn’t help me. But thanks for the answer anyways
- ahartmetz 2y agoThat particular reservoir may not have much elevation difference, but Germany is far from flat. There are many mountain ranges of a few hundred to over 1000 meters of elevation in the southern 65% or so of the country. They aren't impressive, but enough for pumped storage, at least if you only consider elevation differences.