While those are interesting comparisons, keep in mind pumped storage has other negatives that make it less appropriate for some needs (besides the fact that pumped storage has a larger ecological impact).
Batteries can be installed much faster: it's been 4 months since the announcement of Tesla's selection making it ~ 24 times faster to implement than that pumped storage station.
Because they don't have to rely on natural features and since they're smaller so they can be scattered more, they can be placed nearer to the population they serve or their power sources.
But these two generators don't deliver the equivalent power, 72,000 MWH versus 80 MWH so 900 times difference. Are we going to say that to generate the equivalent power the battery plant would need to be 900 times bigger and therefore take up to 900 times longer to build? 900 x 4 months = 3,600 months = 300 years.
> they're smaller
Again, these two generators don't deliver the equivalent power, 72,000 MWH versus 80 MWH so 900 times difference. Are we going to say that to generate the equivalent power the battery plant would need to be 900 times bigger or that we'd need 900 of them, each with their own facilities and connectors and security placed near the population they serve?
Batteries can be installed much faster: it's been 4 months since the announcement of Tesla's selection making it ~ 24 times faster to implement than that pumped storage station.
Because they don't have to rely on natural features and since they're smaller so they can be scattered more, they can be placed nearer to the population they serve or their power sources.