Pumped storage can play a major role as the country addresses its rapidly growing needs for storage capacity and carbon-free power. Pumped storage hydroelectric projects have been providing valuable ...

Pumped storage hydropower is the greenest renewable energy technology for large-scale energy storage, a new study suggests. Researchers with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory said closed-loop ...

It’s no secret that the energy of the future will be increasingly powered by renewables. In fact, the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the share of electricity from renewables ...

The world’s largest hybrid pumped hydro storage facility, being built at the Lianghekou Dam ...

Journalist Robert Kunzig explains how an old technology could complement wind and solar installations to decarbonize the electric grid. However, big upfront costs and thorny land-use issues would ...

Pumped-storage hydropower is seen as a key technology in China to balance the grid and store excess energy from intermittent sources like wind and solar. The 1.2-GW Jinzhai pumped-storage project is a ...

China’s Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station, the largest facility of its kind on Earth, has entered full commercial operation with an installed capacity of 3.6 million kW and a designed annual ...

Chhattisgarh is expanding its hydropower capacity with ambitious pumped-storage projects totaling 8,300 MW, involving major ...

A pumped storage project at Eklutna could boost power production, protect Anchorage’s water supply and stabilize rates yet it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Carolina’s predominant utility is backing away from a long-held plan to double the size of its largest pumped storage ...