@stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.net • 10 months agoDirect Solar Power: Off-Grid Without Batteries | How we can minimize expensive, ecologically damaging battery storage by changing how we think about energysolar.lowtechmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down15cross-posted to: sustainabletech@lemmy.sdf.orgtechnology@slrpnk.nettechnology@beehaw.org
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minus-square@mookulator@mander.xyzlinkfedilink2•10 months agoWhat about using solar to pump water into a reservoir and then using that to run hydroelectric systems at night? Too inefficient?
minus-square@schroedingershat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•10 months agoJust most places: https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/
minus-squareJustEnoughDuckslinkfedilink1•10 months agoInnefficient, can be catastophic to local environments, not feasible in like 70% of places, but that kind of energy storage is in une in a few places in China amd the US where it is a good option in the local geography.
What about using solar to pump water into a reservoir and then using that to run hydroelectric systems at night? Too inefficient?
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Just most places: https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/
Innefficient, can be catastophic to local environments, not feasible in like 70% of places, but that kind of energy storage is in une in a few places in China amd the US where it is a good option in the local geography.