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About those countries, notably Scandiwegians, which have considerable hydro capacity :

Can they retro-fit to provide pumped storage?

i.e. when wind would otherwise be spilled, dammed hydro is not running. Can it be "run backwards" to soak up the wind? Is this not a cheaper option than new pumped storage facilities?

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by eurogreen on Wed Oct 24th, 2012 at 08:11:21 AM EST

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