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by astrodust 3699 days ago
You can water pump uphill, or, as they're experimenting with here, you can pump air underwater: https://www.torontohydro.com/sites/electricsystem/GridInvest...

I'm sure compressed air in other forms would be a good store. You could also raise and lower weights into a mine, it doesn't matter so long as you can convert between electric energy and kinetic potential of some kind.