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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by don_neufeld on Sunday August 18, 2019 @04:27AM (#20728983)
Pumped storage, but anywhere:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2019/08/14/tower-...

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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by dwaltrip on Sunday August 18, 2019 @02:10PM (#20731818)
Doesn't this not scale? Such that you would need millions of enormous towers to store enough energy to power the US total electricity usage?
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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by rjsw on Sunday August 18, 2019 @05:50AM (#20729266)
There was an interview with the founder on Bloomberg TV last week as well.
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