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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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Too lazy to read. Is it one of those device that converts solar power into potential energy of water?

[-] 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