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		pydry on Sept 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100M°C for ... Or simply pumping water uphill. The UK is building two of these pump uphill things. Four more and it could sustain a 99% carbon free grid on solar and wind alone.

ourlordcaffeine on Sept 8, 2022 [–]

The UK already has 4 pumped storage plants

pydry on Sept 8, 2022 | [–]

True, but existing plants are small in scale and arent really meant for large scale storing of solar and wind power like, say, Coire Glas.

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