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Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Poised For Global Domination

April 1st, 2019 | by Tina Casey

Who says the Earth can't take much more pumped hydro energy storage? A new study reveals up to 530,000 new sites for potential pumped hydro development

Clean Power

Energy Vault Proposes An Energy Storage System Using Concrete Blocks

August 21st, 2018 | by Steve Hanley

Swiss startup Energy Vault has devised an energy storage system that uses blocks of concrete weighing 35 tons a piece. It uses off the shelf technology but uses a new process to make the concrete blocks for a fraction of the cost of regular concrete.

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batteries key to renewable energy

Renewable Energy Is Unstoppable, Declares Financial Times

May 19th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley

The Financial Times has declared that renewable energy is now "unstoppable." Read on to find out why.

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Squeezing Every Last Drop Of Juice From Hydropower, In Switzerland

August 18th, 2015 | by Tina Casey

Switzerland's KWO hydropower company has an edge with pumped hydro "water battery," efficiency improvements, and room to increase capacity

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Sacramento Eyes Giant Water Battery

May 7th, 2014 | by Tina Casey

The City of Sacramento, California is forging ahead with plans to construct a 400 megawatt battery made entirely out of [&hellip

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Proposed pumped hydro system in Wales.

Wales Gets Huge New Water Battery But Loses Good Crack

September 3rd, 2013 | by Tina Casey

Wales has moved another step forward with the long-planned construction of a pumped hydro energy storage facility, which will reclaim [&hellip

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Clean Power News Roundup (Energy Transition In NL, Physicians For Solar…)

April 19th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan

Here are some more top clean power stories from the past few days (and a couple dirty power stories): Clean [&hellip

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