World's largest pumped storage power plant fully operational in China

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• qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  For those wondering about the energy, not just the power:

  When fully charged, the upper reservoir can store enough energy to power the plant at full capacity for 10.8 hours, equivalent to nearly 40 GWh.

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  • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Quite impressive!

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• delgato@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Meanwhile the US only increased capacity in pumped hydroelectric by 2.1 Gw between 2010-2022 for a whopping 22 Gw total capacity. Hydroelectric generally hovers about 28% of total renewable energy electricity generation.

  The biggest problem (in the US) has been a lack of investment in new pumped hydroelectric projects not connected to improving existing dam infrastructure. Permitting huge new projects but smaller is unattractive unless it is geographically/geologically favorable like with most of the new sites being planned in California and Arizona.

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