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Re:Standard Thermal: Energy Storage 500x Cheaper Than Batteries by teiferer on Monday August 25, 2025 @11:43AM (#45015109)
And environmentally, that tends to be pretty bad for a long time. Looks more peaceful than a fracking site, but it's still pretty bad.

There is no magic solution. I'm happy to see all those efforts, but am missing a mention of saving energy. In the age of record-setting data centers for AI training, that's not a popular aspect to mention. Though at least we get higher res more realistic artificial cat videos out of it.

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Re:Standard Thermal: Energy Storage 500x Cheaper Than Batteries by pfdietz on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @08:37AM (#45038808)
It's only bad if it's placed on and disrupts an existing river.

But PHES can be placed far from any river, even in a desert.

https://www.whitepinepumpedstorage.com/

I suspect this project may not happen, what with batteries getting so cheap.

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