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Comment by bobthepanda 9 hours ago

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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, 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...

eichin 3 hours ago

Err, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewood_Lake was completed in 1928 (for electrical demand regulation.) Much older than nuclear...

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  • Retric 3 hours ago

    Which 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.

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