| ▲ | 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) | ||