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China is building a 100GW renewable capacity project by the Yalong river. This will power 100 million households, the equivalent of the entire US population. (www.scmp.com)
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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, looks like that's how it works. They store up potential energy when the panels work, and then release it as needed. This solves the storage problem associated with solar.

[-] mr_washee_washee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

a 1kwh LifePo4 battery costs almost 220$, so batteries are still expensive as heck. water dams or hydrogen production are good ways of storing solar energy

[-] nick_99@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

And with batteries you only have a couple thousand charge cycles. With hydro-electric I feel like it's limitless.

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It still needs to be maintained, but it's still gotta be way more cost effective in the long run.

[-] nick_99@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed. And I can imagine the turbines needs updates as well.

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, all sorts of stuff has to be maintained and repaired.

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