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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by coryfklein on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @04:11PM (#11623812)
Whoa! That sounds really cool so I looked it up. It's called "Pumped-storage hydroelectricity"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit...

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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by mr_luc on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @04:49PM (#11624113)
Yeah, and I believe that it's the only game in town for storing really large amounts of electricity.
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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by MrBra on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @04:52PM (#11624147)
Also interesting: https://www.quora.com/Can-electricity-be-stored
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