The insane potential of Pumped Storage Hydro

Pumped Storage Hydro had, until recently, been all but written off as a fully exploited dead-end for energy storage expansion. According to new research though, it turns nothing could be further from the truth! It could literally be the lynch pin to get us to 100% renewable global electricity grids without having to pillage the earth (and deep seabed) of critical minerals.

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Research Links

Australian National University
https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/#global-summary

Interactive Map
https://re100.anu.edu.au/#share=g-d39a5688446926d55bf059716f828959

NREL - Closed Loop Pumped storage Hydropower Resource Assessment for USA
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/81277.pdf

NREL - Examining Supply Side Options by 2035
https://www.hydropower.org/hydropower-pumped-storage-tool

Queensland Supergrid Infrastructure blueprint
https://www.epw.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/32988/queensland-supergrid-infrastructure-blueprint.pdf

IHA - 2022 Hydropower Status Report
https://www.hydropower.org/publications/2022-hydropower-status-report

Interactive Map
https://www.hydropower.org/hydropower-pumped-storage-tool

Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition - Bogdanov et al
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544221007167

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