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bryanlarsen 5 hours ago

Pumped hydro just requires a lake at the bottom of a slope. Unlike hydro generation, it doesn't require flow. Here's almost a million locations suitable for pumped hydro: https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/

defrost 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Two farm dams at a minimum, one at either end of a slope.

You can serve a small town of 500 or so people (plus tourists) with a mini systems for ~ $8 million (AU)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45332157