On 03/12/2018 18:33, RJH wrote:
Interesting, thanks - especially the exchange with 'Gilbert' - who
worked on and studied the Scottish schemes - and concludes:

'It is not about have we the capacity to store renewable energy, we do.
Its about who pays for it and how much'.

Yes. I calculated that all the summer solar energy could be stored by
pumping out loch ness to aboyt 500 feet deep (or damming it and gfilling
it that deep) in summer and letting it fill (or empoty) with seawater
in winter.

Howber te environmmental damage and cost is many times what 15 nuclear
power stations would cost.


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