• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 hours ago

    of course it’s a furry shitposting about it.

    They aren’t wrong though, storage technology is only starting to come to market in significant enough capacity to be beneficial.

    And for storage plants to be financially viable energy costs during the day need to be really cheap, so they can raise them at night and make a significant enough profit to break even.

    • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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      1 hour ago

      2 giant lakes. 1 uphill from the other, or one underground. When there’s excess energy you pump water uphill. When you need more you let it back down

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        37 minutes ago

        How efficient is making hydrogen? If you don’t need a huge facility, it might be easier to just store it that way, so you don’t need giant lakes everywhere.