
Storing Energy: Watt does the Future Hold?
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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Pumped Hydro in Australia
Hetta has the potential to run all night. It's just a press of a button and you youre up to full output instantly. Whereas a colphid plant will take hours to heat up, a pumped hydro scheme can basically from zero to full output in in one to two minutes. How much does it cost to implement? I mean, is this something which is a realistic prospect or do you need very specific conditions to make something like this work? Yes, at the moment. A, when we look at the energy trilemma, that balance between ability and an energy security, but also, importantly priced. And it is the first project in forty years built in australia
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