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perilunar on July 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: South Australia teams with Tesla, Neoen to build w...

The Cultana proposal was A$500 million for 300 MW, which is more expensive per Watt but not several times. No way they could build it in 100 days though.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/pumped-hy...

perilunar on July 7, 2017 [–]

To be fair though, pumped hydro should be cheaper per Watt and capacity is limited only by the size of the reservoirs, but politics.

http://www.ecogeneration.com.au/why-pumped-hydro-beats-batte...

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