pumped storage
noun
: a hydroelectric system in which electricity is generated during periods of high demand by the use of water that has been pumped into a reservoir at a higher altitude during periods of low demand
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This pumped storage hydroelectric facility would use a pair of manmade reservoirs at different elevations to retain no more than eight hour’s worth of electricity during low power usage times and alternate to generate 287 megawatts of electricity during peak demands, such as during extreme weather.
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The other main source of storage will be pumped storage hydroelectricity, also known as pumped hydro, where water is pumped to a higher elevation when electricity is plentiful and cheap—like on sunny, windy days—and released when supply dips or demand spikes.
—Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2021
One viable alternative is pumped storage, which moves water into a higher-elevation reservoir during low demand and prices -- typically at night -- then taps the power during high demand periods by running the water downhill through hydroelectric turbines.
—oregonlive, 21 July 2021
Companies have proposed pumped storage hydropower projects, an old and expensive technology that uses huge amounts of water to store energy in California’s mountains -- and in one controversial case, a desert.
—Dave Merrill, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
Now, however, a kind of global renaissance in the technology, known as pumped storage, is taking place.
—Stanley Reed Matilde Viegas, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $2.4 billion for pumped storage.
—Jeff McMahon, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
Nonetheless, legacy pumped storage projects provide 90 percent of U.S. energy storage capacity, Reicher said: 22,000 megawatts or 550,000 megawatt hours.
—Jeff McMahon, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
One factor in pumped storage’s favor is the number of mines that are tapped out already, or will be soon.
—Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The other main source of storage will be pumped storage hydroelectricity, also known as pumped hydro, where water is pumped to a higher elevation when electricity is plentiful and cheap—like on sunny, windy days—and released when supply dips or demand spikes.
—Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2021
One viable alternative is pumped storage, which moves water into a higher-elevation reservoir during low demand and prices -- typically at night -- then taps the power during high demand periods by running the water downhill through hydroelectric turbines.
—oregonlive, 21 July 2021
Companies have proposed pumped storage hydropower projects, an old and expensive technology that uses huge amounts of water to store energy in California’s mountains -- and in one controversial case, a desert.
—Dave Merrill, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
Now, however, a kind of global renaissance in the technology, known as pumped storage, is taking place.
—Stanley Reed Matilde Viegas, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $2.4 billion for pumped storage.
—Jeff McMahon, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
Nonetheless, legacy pumped storage projects provide 90 percent of U.S. energy storage capacity, Reicher said: 22,000 megawatts or 550,000 megawatt hours.
—Jeff McMahon, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
One factor in pumped storage’s favor is the number of mines that are tapped out already, or will be soon.
—Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
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