• Bernie EcclestonedOP
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    9 months ago

    Could pumped hydro be combined for energy storage from offshore wind?

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      9 months ago

      Of course, easily. Switzerland has been using pumped water for storage almost a century. Here is one example:

      It doesn’t use wind power exclusively for pumping but any surplus energy. In the past this usually had been French nuclear energy, in the future it will be mostly solar and some wind.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimselsee