EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy

Re:EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy by johanyc on Friday September 12, 2025 @05:59PM (#45227269)

You need a reliable source for energy. Pumped storage is not. They are mostly good for dealing with the fluctuations of energy supply and demand. It crucially requires water to operate. You can't do much when there's a drought. Also, did some googling. The world’s largest pumped‑hydro storage plant (Fengning, China) stores nearly 40 GWh, delivering 3.6 GW for about 10.8 hours when full. Thats not even a day.

There are really three options for reliable baseload: coal, gas, nuclear. Pick your poison.

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Re:EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy by tcfhgj on Saturday September 13, 2025 @02:29AM (#45229812)

Gas doesn't imply natural gas fwiw

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Re:EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy by hvb2 on Saturday September 13, 2025 @01:27PM (#45233767)

You're looking for the biggest which isn't all that important. It's like saying you cannot deal with a difference in peak and through in production using a single power plant. For example, Norway has just 78TWh[1] in storage like that. Which is 2000x your example

And yes, I realize how well positioned Norway is for this. But you can put these wherever you have a stream and a big reservoir

1: https://energifaktanorge.no/en/norsk-energiforsyning/kraftpr...

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