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China is building a 100GW renewable capacity project by the Yalong river. This will power 100 million households, the equivalent of the entire US population.

World’s largest solar-hydro plant creates power on Tibetan Plateau

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3225408/china-worlds-largest-hybrid-solar-hydro-plant-produces-electricity-tibetan-plateau

Kela plant in Sichuan is part of a huge renewable production base planned by the Chinese government to generate clean energy for 100 million households.

World’s largest solar-hydro plant creates power on Tibetan Plateau

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mr_washee_washee

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a 1kwh LifePo4 battery costs almost 220$, so batteries are still expensive as heck. water dams or hydrogen production are good ways of storing solar energy

nick_99

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And with batteries you only have a couple thousand charge cycles. With hydro-electric I feel like it's limitless.

_haha_oh_wow_

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It still needs to be maintained, but it's still gotta be way more cost effective in the long run.

nick_99

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Agreed. And I can imagine the turbines needs updates as well.

_haha_oh_wow_

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Yup, all sorts of stuff has to be maintained and repaired.

China is building a 100GW renewable capacity project by the Yalong river. This will power 100 million households, the equivalent of the entire US population.

World’s largest solar-hydro plant creates power on Tibetan Plateau

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