Grid stability and fast response: In order to handle spikes in demand, pumped hydro facilities can quickly ramp up to full ...

Pumped storage hydropower is the greenest renewable energy technology for large-scale energy storage, a new study suggests. Researchers with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory said closed-loop ...

Highland councillors are to decide whether to raise an objection to plans for a major hydro-electric project at Loch Quoich ...

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 ...

Tractebel will support the refurbishment of the Dinorwig pumped-storage power plant in North Wales, the largest facility of ...

Closed-loop pumped storage hydropower systems have the lowest potential to add to the problem of global warming for energy storage when accounting for the full impacts of materials and construction, ...

Hydro Energy, a wholly-owned unit of Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA (OTCQX:NHYDY) has announced the final investment decision for its largest hydropower development in more than 20 years, ...

Last year, despite the growing global demand for energy, countries began to report record levels of energy-dumping, or ...

Last weekend, looking for someplace new to explore, my wife and I drove down to Northfield, Mass., to check out the cross-country ski center. The skiing was great, and it occurred to me that readers ...