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Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? by cbmuser on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:08PM (#25283569)
There is no reasonable and economic way to store Terawatthours of electricity.

Even huge hydrostorage plants have only a few GWh.

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Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? by Reason077 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:29PM (#25283738)
Huh? Norway alone has 85 TWh of hydrologic storage.

New Zealand has about 4 TWh, but they are considering adding an additional 5-12 TWh with one single storage project:

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/scientific-thoug...

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