Comments on: You can generate the same power from just 40% of the elevation change https://www.isegoria.net/2023/09/you-can-generate-the-same-power-from-just-40-of-the-elevation-change/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:12:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Michael van der Riet https://www.isegoria.net/2023/09/you-can-generate-the-same-power-from-just-40-of-the-elevation-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3621194 Michael van der Riet Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:19:10 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50423#comment-3621194 Euan Mearns and Roger Andrews published an interesting study at the euanmearns dot com Energy Matters blog, showing how the Laguna del Diablo on the Baja peninsula could be used for pumped storage sufficient to make California a hundred per cent green, independent of sunshine and doldrums.

]]> By: Bomag https://www.isegoria.net/2023/09/you-can-generate-the-same-power-from-just-40-of-the-elevation-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3621146 Bomag Sun, 10 Sep 2023 17:52:10 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50423#comment-3621146 ”2.5 times as dense as water”

Liquid dirt?

Might be something useful at the municipal level.

I’m wondering the state of low-head hydro. Plenty of opportunity for that.

]]> By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2023/09/you-can-generate-the-same-power-from-just-40-of-the-elevation-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3620969 David Foster Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:43:28 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50423#comment-3620969 For significant amounts of energy storage, you’re not talking *tanks*, you’re talking *lakes.*

For example…
https://www.ge.com/news/reports/how-the-swiss-turned-an-alpine-peak-into-a-battery-the-size-of-a-nuclear-plant

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