The insane potential of Pumped Storage Hydropower.
Pumped Storage Hydro had, until recently, been all but written off as a fully exploited dead-end for energy storage expansion. According to new research though, it turns nothing could be further from the truth! It could literally be the lynch pin to get us to 100% renewable global electricity grids without having to pillage the earth (and deep seabed) of critical minerals.
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Research Links
Australian National University
https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/#...
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NREL - Closed Loop Pumped storage Hydropower Resource Assessment for USA
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81...
NREL - Examining Supply Side Options by 2035
https://www.hydropower.org/hydropower...
Queensland Supergrid Infrastructure blueprint
https://www.epw.qld.gov.au/__data/ass...
IHA - 2022 Hydropower Status Report
https://www.hydropower.org/publicatio...
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Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition - Bogdanov et al
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
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