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Re:America aims for nuclear-power renaissance by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday June 26, 2023 @03:16AM (#36476684)
> rather than disrupt an entire river and its migration patterns you can have it off to the side.

This doesn’t sound accurate.

If you have a reservoir with zero head you can’t recover potential energy because there is not.

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Re:America aims for nuclear-power renaissance by bobthepanda on Monday June 26, 2023 @03:45AM (#36476862)
Off river pumped hydro can still be at a higher elevation. It’s just not the entire river itself. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2516-1083/abeb5b
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Re:America aims for nuclear-power renaissance by bryanlarsen on Monday June 26, 2023 @07:01AM (#36478129)
Which just means you need elevation beside a body of water. Take a look at the picture of Ludington: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power...
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