A new partnership will investigate the viability of colocating a closed-loop pumped hydro energy storage facility with solar PV at the site of a former gold mine in Moose River in the Canadian ...

Hydropower’s reputation as a reliable source of energy and storage may ironically be one of the reasons people often assume it is “tapped out” of investment opportunities. But hydropower, including ...

State Grid Corp. of China says it has finalized a pumped-hydro storage project consisting of four reversible pump-turbine generator units, each with a capacity of 350 MW. It is located near Xiamen, in ...

Gravity Storage LLC filed a six-month progress report with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the preliminary permit ...

One of the most efficient ways to store energy is to pump water from one reservoir to another higher reservoir. The energy used in the pumping can then be recovered at a later time by releasing the ...

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 ...

As Dominion Energy evaluates Virginia’s coalfields region for a hydroelectric pumped storage facility, a bill by U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith that would expedite such projects passed the U.S. House of ...

The proposed Lewis Ridge Project would build a closed-loop pumped storage hydropower facility on the site of a former coal mine in Bell County, Ky. At the site of a former coal mine in Appalachian ...

A pumped storage project in Kentucky is being touted as a model example of how land that once was the site of a coal mine can be repurposed for a renewable energy installation. The Lewis Ridge Pumped ...

SwRI created m-Presa™ to accelerate the deployment of closed-loop pumped storage hydropower units where both the upper and lower reservoir sites can accommodate circular or rectangular reservoirs on ...

SAN ANTONIO — October 10, 2023—Southwest Research Institute has developed a new modular steel buttress dam system designed to resolve energy storage issues hindering the integration of renewable ...

The CU Hydropower Team is competing in the DOE Hydropower Collegiate Competition to design a closed-loop pumped storage hydropower facility. The team is performing engineering for site development, ...