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The problem with pumped hydro seems to be that the places with the topography needed to create artificial lakes that lend themselves to hydro storage are rather
by avhception 1y ago
The problem with pumped hydro seems to be that the places with the topography needed to create artificial lakes that lend themselves to hydro storage are rather limited. Other than that, it seems to be doing well!
- defrost 1y agoWalpole has gentle hills, not mountains, and a farm dam full of water was sufficient for 30 MW hours of storage. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-01/australian-first-mini-pumped-hydro-scheme-wa-walpole/104655498 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-01/australian-first-mini... Very few places are flat without hills ( Much of Mali is really flat, for example ).