The global energy storage market almost tripled in 2023, according to BloombergNEF. Last year’s record global additions of 45 GW and 97 GWh is expected to be followed by even larger growth this year.

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 ...

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 ...

Italian energy company Enel will integrate a 4 MW/8 MWh lithium-ion BESS with the 43.4 MW Dossi pumped storage hydroelectric power plant, in Bergamo, Italy. Enel’s BESS4Hydro project, backed by the ...

Hydro has made the final investment decision for its largest hydropower development in over 20 years. Construction of the Illvatn pumped storage power plant in the Luster Municipality will begin this ...

The Happurg pumped storage plant was shut down in 2011 for safety reasons after the base of the upper reservoir was damaged. Uniper has carried out feasibility studies on the site, with a view to ...

Tata Power, one of India’s largest integrated power companies, is set to utilise its captive hydropower plants to gain a competitive edge in the race for pumped-storage hydropower plants, according to ...

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 ...

Almost 15 years ago, Michigan’s two largest utilities kicked off an $800-million effort to overhaul a sprawling hydroelectric plant perched on the shore of Lake Michigan. The 1970s-era facility has ...