If i were to build a dam in a river, to focus the flow of the water and try to harness it. I guess i would create some sort of wheel that would be spun by the power of the water. How do i turn this into energy and eventually even store it?
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One more idea- You could use the kinetic energy of the falling water and store it in a mechanical battery as rotational energy – aka use a flywheel-to then generate electricity with at a later time.
But as someone pointed out- hydroelectric is assumed to be fairly constantly available
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel_energy_storage
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