On: Germany mulls extending nuclear plants' life-span

[rurban]

Germany is not Austria nor Switzerland. There are no mountains to pump up the water to. The heights are ridiculous here. 9-15m, compared to 200-800m

[blackbrokkoli → rurban]

I mean our southerly neighbors were nice enough to share some of the mountains, leading to things like Schluchsee[1], which is definitely the most aesthetically pleasing battery I have seen far.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schluchsee

[ncmncm → rurban]

There are deep cavities that water could be pumped out of, and drained back into. You could even store hydrogen in them at the same time.