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by bryanlarsen 231 days ago
> Unfortunately for the West every good river has already been damed so we can't follow them there.

You don't need a river for hydro power storage. All you need are two reservoirs with a height difference between them. Typically one of the two reservoirs is preexisting and the second is constructed. ANU identified ~1 million potential sites.

https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/