The integrated pumped hydro is interesting.
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Originally Posted by electrek.co
While there isn’t as much wind on earth as there is sunlight for making energy, there are huge amounts of wind energy available – more than enough to power the world. Recent technology evolutions – floating wind turbines and wind+solar+energy storage hybrid powerplants – are giving the industry more opportunities to power our grid. Already, the US electricity grid gets greater than 7% of our electricity from wind power. Iowa gets more than 36%. With the US getting its first offshore farm and Europe powering 200 million households with wind, expect a lot more to come.
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Eventually, they will get serious and go with a
Solar Updraft Tower. They scale better. Like,
up to 20 kilometers!