Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:58:06 +0000
Pumped hydropower is the basis for 96% of utility-scale energy storage capacity in the US, and it is ripe with potential for expansion.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:17:17 +0000
A new US energy storage project will adapt the power of pumped storage hydro to subsea locations near offshore wind farms and energy-hungry coastal cities, leveraging 3-D printing and the natural force of water pressure.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:29:31 +0000
A recent online discussion on gravity storage brought the usual suspects out of the woodwork. Proponents of heavy fluid pumped hydro reared their sludgy heads this time. Follow along for why this is a silly idea, as all gravity storage options that aren’t pushing water uphill turn out to be. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:50:15 +0000
In my recent article celebrating the great month that pumped hydro had, between the Loch Ness Red John facility selling to Statkraft, the UK finally settling on cap and floor for the technology and China having 365 GW of power and 4 to 8 TWh of energy storage under construction, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 04:57:42 +0000
Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:01:48 +0000
Texas continues to rack up the renewable energy wins with a record-breaking month for solar power capping a surge past coal.
The post Texas Shatters Own Solar Power Record, Weird Political Situation Or Not appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:15:00 +0000
A pioneering horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine developed by Voith Hydro at the 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in the Ziller Valley, Austria, is setting new benchmarks for the 140-year-old
The post Trial Operation of Innovative Horizontal Pelton Hydropower Turbine Underway in Austria appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:30:56 +0000
Pumped hydro already accounts for 93% of utility-scale energy storage in the US, and plans are in the works to build up from there.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:50:25 +0000
One of the largest pumped hydro facilities in the world is about to go online in Switzerland near the border with France.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 16:25:39 +0000
I urge everyone to examine their own biases and blindspots, whether they are in the following short list or not. You’ll help the world more that way.