31-08-2022, 13:21
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Re: Rising cost of living
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
We need to invest in electrical storage like Norway does eg pumping water up hill into lakes using wind and solar power and then releasing it when those sources are not generating so much power.
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You mean more of these.
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The Dinorwig Power Station, known locally as Electric Mountain, or Mynydd Gwefru, is a pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme, near Dinorwig, Llanberis in Snowdonia national park in Gwynedd, north Wales. The scheme can supply a maximum power of 1,728 MW (2,317,000 hp) and has a storage capacity of around 9.1 GWh (33 TJ).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwig_Power_Station
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