• mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    That will not remotely cover baseline loads and is not without significant efficiency loss due to the pumping phase.

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      1 year ago

      All commonly used forms of energy storage have some efficiency loss. Pumped storage is not perfect but my understanding is that it usually comes at a 10-25% loss, which isn’t all that shabby all things considered.