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by Timshel 700 days ago
Because there are fewer places than expected where it really makes sense. Was discussed in an old video of Practical Engineering: https://youtu.be/66YRCjkxIcg?si=PXArfkXkbCODeSAF&t=290
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Australian National University has identified 616,000 potential locations: https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/
Interesting but it appears to only take account the topographic feasibility of the project.

The first location I looked at (link is not working :(), it relies on building two dams on rivers (which is something we tend to do less not more) and would flood some houses ...

And there is supposedly a price estimate, but it's just an A, B, C, D or E ranking could not find some costs to make comparison with battery storage for example.