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> "They're installing 1GW per month of pumped hydro storage," Mr Buckley said. Fun fact, pumped hydro was actually developed for nuclear originally in the 70s,
by bobthepanda 1y ago
> "They're installing 1GW per month of pumped hydro storage," Mr Buckley said.
Fun fact, pumped hydro was actually developed for nuclear originally in the 70s, since nuclear is a large source of power that is hard to ramp down during low demand periods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power...
- eichin 1y agoErr, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewood_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewood_Lake was completed in 1928 (for electrical demand regulation.) Much older than nuclear...
- Retric 1y agoWhich is kind of funny as they where storing energy from a hydroelectric power plant, so building a larger dam would have been way more energy efficient.
- bobthepanda 1y agoConnecticut isn’t very elevated so a dam at a higher level may not have been very practical.
- bobthepanda 1y agoMy bad. It's still notable that the sixth largest one in the world was still developed for nuclear plants.