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Re:In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, repor... by unchocked on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:18AM (#28369166)
It is a long bet on renewables+storage. From easiest to hardest (and most efficient to least efficient):

- Renewables+batteries are already cheap enough for a few hours storage

- Flow batteries can go overnight to weeks

- Synthetic fuels (i.e. hydrogen, or synthetic hydrocarbons made with green hydrogen & CO2 captured from the air) can be stored indefinitely and transported globally

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Re:In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, repor... by smorgusofborg on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @01:23PM (#28370862)
Those are all possible, but according to the DoE 95% of large scale storage in the US is pumped storage hydro:

https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/pumped-storage-hydropower

It is also popular in Europe.

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