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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by megaman821 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @10:32PM (#43238028)
Everyone is overthinking this. They just let pressure build up higher than normal for 6-8 hours and then the turbine generates more power than normal until the pressure falls back to normal levels again. This would not take 50% and make it 100% again, but it does give you something.
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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by j16sdiz on Monday March 03, 2025 @08:26AM (#43241498)
Many turbine are running in extreme high pressure (for efficiency). There are no much margin for "build up higher than normal".

Of course we can build something less efficient to allow "pressure build up", but that's another trade off.

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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by epistasis on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:36PM (#43244397)
It's not pressure on the turbine that builds up, it's pressure at the well head.
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