Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable?

Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by api on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:05PM (#33362440)

I've wondered for a while if we couldn't build a pipeline between the ocean and the Salton Sea in SoCal and store quite a bit of energy that way. The Salton Sea is already kind of a wasteland so at least use it for something.

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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by jhoechtl on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:17PM (#33362611)

What is the difference in meters? If not much, the effort of building will not be counterweighted by the energy storage capacity.

AFAIK salton sea is pretty much at sea level?

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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by BurningFrog on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:37PM (#33362886)

It's 72 meters below, but it's not very big, and once it's full you'll have to wait for the water to evaporate away, I assume?

If it could be made a permanent bay of the ocean, that might make the area less of a disaster. But it seems real hard...

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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by api on Thursday October 27, 2022 @04:14PM (#33363401)

If it's below then the answer is no, so that answers my question. :) I was assuming it would be above sea level since it's inland.

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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by jhoechtl on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:10AM (#33368217)

Actually all.you need is a height difference, the direction doesn't matter. 72 meters is the limiting factor here.

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