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Its a solved problem - Pumped hydro storage. Its a proven tech already in use all around the world

Though as with most things, it just needs someone to pay for it

https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/pumped_hydro_atlas/
Our Atlases currently contain 820,000 non-overlapping sites with 86 million GWh of energy storage potential
For scale - the USA has 1161.43 gigawatts electricity generation - aka Pumped hydro can easily supply the world multiple times over
 
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