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		adgjlsfhk1 on July 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Cris... Pumped hydro and batteries solve this variability very well.

nathanaldensr on July 19, 2022 [–]

At grid scale?

adgjlsfhk1 on July 20, 2022 | [–]

yes. they don't do a good job of dealing with seasonal variability, but batteries are great at dealing with milliseconds to hours, and pumped hydro is great on scales from minutes to weeks

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