Robin Hawkes

robhawkes.bsky.social

15 October 2026 07:02

Here's how grid-scale batteries and pumped hydro charged over the past week… It's interesting to see the patterns throughout the week. There's a lot of background activity as well as periodic moments where the entire fleet appears to store energy at the same time.

Robin Hawkes

robhawkes.bsky.social

15 October 2026 07:02

Pumped hydro is purple, with the large Dinorwig clearly visible in North Wales. This is only showing import (charge) behaviour as the assets store energy from the grid, it doesn't show the export (discharge) that puts energy back into the grid. Timeline playback is coming to my energy map Soon™

Rob✅✅

robdickinson.bsky.social

09 July 2026 09:22

I like the idea of pimped hydro

walkthemaxplanck.bsky.social

09 July 2026 09:20

Found 2 of them. This first one has looser conditions for viability, but identifies enough potential capacity to store 3 entire years of 2025 electricity production. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

James Green

ajamesgreen.bsky.social

09 July 2026 09:08

3 posts above mentioning Onslow, I literally suggested building (solar and) wind to conserve water in the waitaki lakes