Britain's largest battery is actually a lake

Name: Britain's largest battery is actually a lake
Description: Tom Scott visits Dinorwig Power Station in Wales, a pumped-storage hydro plant often called Britain's largest battery. He explains how it works and how its role has shifted from TV pickup spikes to balancing wind and solar.

Tom Scott

Tom Scott visits Dinorwig Power Station in Wales, a pumped-storage hydro plant often called Britain's largest battery. He explains how it works and how its role has shifted from TV pickup spikes to balancing wind and solar.

HN cites it whenever grid storage or pumped hydro comes up, as an accessible example of storage at scale.

7 Hacker News mentions · 2019–2023

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Renewables, batteries & storage
Power grid, heating & buildings

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