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Ontario’s Latest Electricity Scheme: Pumped Energy Storage

For ratepayers, none of this is working. Wind and solar are not just unreliable. Ratepayers pay unaffordable prices for their chaotic output. Adding the cost of storage puts ratepayers in double jeopardy.

Advocates for electricity storage schemes have a new sales pitch. They are needed to offset the unreliability of wind and solar power. In Ontario’s electricity business environment, where cost is no object, adding more unreliable wind and solar creates a need for more storage to support grid reliability.
Read entire story at the Financial Post:
And to see the Northland project proposal:
Kathy Hamilton’s Site:
Tom Adams Energy:
Recent story posted on MAWT on the Marmora pumped storage project: