Comment on Pakistan's 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean EnergyparentComments−rurban1yNonsense. When you have huge cheap water dams, you won't need expensive tiny battery storage−garyfirestorm1yHelp me connect the dots. Solar energy - water dams - tiny battery storage.−rurban1yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storageSolar: only when sun shines. Peak power needed: in the morning. Best storage: water damsIn Pakistan there is no big grid to allow feeding solar back to pump water up. But the small e-rollers don't need much. This works fine enough, locally.−woleium1yfor that you need distribution, Pakistan’s power distribution is awful, which is likely what led to the solar revolution in the first place
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Nonsense. When you have huge cheap water dams, you won't need expensive tiny battery storage
Help me connect the dots. Solar energy - water dams - tiny battery storage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storage
Solar: only when sun shines. Peak power needed: in the morning. Best storage: water dams
In Pakistan there is no big grid to allow feeding solar back to pump water up. But the small e-rollers don't need much. This works fine enough, locally.
for that you need distribution, Pakistan’s power distribution is awful, which is likely what led to the solar revolution in the first place