While batteries grab the headlines, pumped hydro remains the world’s largest form of grid energy storage. By moving water between two reservoirs at different elevations, it stores surplus power and ...

A research team in Spain has developed an hourly mathematical model that reportedly allows for the optimal management of grid-connected renewable generation facilities and pumped hydro-energy storage ...

A chart showing the global amount of megawatts produced, since the 1920s, using hydropower by traditional and pumped storage facilities as well as others. The chart shows a significant increase in ...

Snowy 2.0 will bring something genuinely new to Australia’s electricity system: large and long lasting energy storage ...

Researchers from China's Harbin Institute of Technology proposed to combine pumped hydro storage systems with compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology in an attempt to address a well-known ...

Timothy Weber receives funding from the Australian government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics. Andrew Blakers receives funding from the ...