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Earl_Bardsley
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Earl_Bardsley
6mo ago
The 1000 MW installed pump/generating capacity of the proposed Lake Onslow Scheme is not unusual by world standards. However, its energy storage capacity (up to 5 TWh) would appear to make it the world's largest pumped storage sch
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Earl_Bardsley
6mo ago
It seems a long time ago now since I first proposed the possibility of pumped storage at Lake Onslow. But just confirming - having the equivalent amount of energy (4-5 TWh) in batteries would be impossibly expensive. Also, the batteries wou