Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf...
by _nedR on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @02:52PM
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How efficient would that be though?
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by binarypaean on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @03:38PM
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Round-trip energy efficiency is reported to be > 80% for pumped-hydro energy storage.
Ecological, space, and financial efficiency are more variable.
http://energystorage.org/energy-storage/technologies/pumped-...
Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf...
by rndmind on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @02:39PM
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The concept of a storing energy this way is fascinating.
Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf...
by danjayh on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @10:57PM
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Problem is, many of the anti-combustion folks are also anti-dam, because of the habitat the reservoir destroys.
Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf...
by clock_tower on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:30PM
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They're also anti-nuke. I've even heard people who are anti-wind (the watchword is "birdchoppers") and anti-solar (since solar panels wreck desert ecologies)... Let's just say it's a good thing they aren't responsible for development.
The principle is simple: build a hydroelectric dam and run it in reverse. Of course, this can't be done everywhere; you need a lot of peak solar production, a lot of water, and an easily-dammed valley, and you don't often see all three together... But it does get used to store power, and solar plus pumped hydro represent a kinda-sorta alternative to nuclear.