• chaogomu@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The article talks about the coming droughts and water shortages. Pumped hydro is nice, if you have water.

    • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There’s evaporation, which can be mitigated by floating solar panels, but pumped hydro is a closed system, it doesn’t consume water.

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      1 year ago

      You save the water in a hole, then pump it back and forth. You can cover it with PV to stop evaporation

      This is also good for the droughts as you have emergency water.