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There's an island in Spain which uses this model to produce most/all of its electricity http://euanmearns.com/el-hierro-another-model-for-a-sustainable-energy-

There's an island in Spain which uses this model to produce most/all of its electricity http://euanmearns.com/el-hierro-another-model-for-a-sustainable-energy-future/ http://euanmearns.com/el-hierro-another-model-for-a-sustaina... (pump water up with cheap wind energy, use the hydro when needed)

netcan 11y ago
Cool! The system has three basic components – an 11.5 MW wind farm, a 380,000- cubic-meter upper pumped hydro reservoir in a conveniently-located inactive volcanic crater at 709.5 meters elevation and a lower 150,000-cubic-meter reservoir at 56 meters elevation. I especially like the inactive volcano part. Technology that tempts the gods.