The U.K. needs something like 30 TWh of storage (the National Grid has 50 TWh in their plan).
We’d need thousands of these.
They’re great for load balancing, especially when coupled with compressed air to get them generating within seconds, but we’d have to flood all the glens of Scotland and Wales to make a dent in our needs.
We’d need thousands of these.
They’re great for load balancing, especially when coupled with compressed air to get them generating within seconds, but we’d have to flood all the glens of Scotland and Wales to make a dent in our needs.