Hungary is flat as hell, there's nowhere to build enough hydro storage.
But yeah batteries would be nice.
But yeah batteries would be nice.
It's a meaningful contribution I would have thought.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power...
Large lake means more losses, mainly due to evaporation, but seepage is also to be expected. Now put this fact in the thread's context: water shortage/stress...
"Most of the country has an elevation of less than 200 m. Although Hungary has several moderately high ranges of mountains, those reaching heights of 300 m or more cover less than 2% of the country."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Hungary
"Hydroelectricity is not prevalent in Hungary due to unsuitable geographical conditions and civil resentment. The country's capacity of hydroelectricity was 57 MWs in 2015."
But doesn't adding a large reservoir mitigate both? You're not pumping the entire reservoir up and down hill every day.