30,295 Australian Micro-Pumped Hydro sites?

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References
100% renewable electricity in Australia, Andrew Blakers, Bin Lu and Matthew Stocks, Australian National University, February 2017 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...60544217309568

90-100% renewable electricity for the South West Interconnected System of Western Australia, Bin Lu, Andrew Blakers and Matthew Stocks, Australian National University, March 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...60544217300774

UN geo regions: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/
Algorithms: https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...06261918305270
NationalMap: https://nationalmap.gov.au/renewables/

Source Data
Improved cost model
SRTM 1 Arc-Second Global Digital Elevation Models https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
World Database Protected Areas: https://www.protectedplanet.net/

Urban extent: HBASE http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/dat.../data-download
100% renewable electricity in Australia, Andrew Blakers, Bin Lu and Matthew Stocks, Australian National University, February 2017

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...60544217309568
PHES =Pumped hydro energy storage
"PHES constitutes 97% of electricity storage worldwide (159 GW [3]) because it is much cheaper and has much greater technological maturity than alternative sources, including batteries."