45° Cantilever Gravity Dam 🤯
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#dam #dams #civilengineering #hydro #hydroelectricity #pumpedhydro
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#dam #dams #civilengineering #hydro #hydroelectricity #pumpedhydro
July 13, 2026 at 10:21 AM
45° Cantilever Gravity Dam 🤯
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#dam #dams #civilengineering #hydro #hydroelectricity #pumpedhydro
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#dam #dams #civilengineering #hydro #hydroelectricity #pumpedhydro
Congratulations.
The Global Pumped Hydro Atlas rates the Sloy site at A, very good, for 15GWh - 18 hours duration @ 833 MW - so a far more powerful & costly upgrade could be invested in for development here.
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#pumpedhydro #sloy #sse #LDES #energystorage
The Global Pumped Hydro Atlas rates the Sloy site at A, very good, for 15GWh - 18 hours duration @ 833 MW - so a far more powerful & costly upgrade could be invested in for development here.
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#pumpedhydro #sloy #sse #LDES #energystorage
September 25, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Congratulations.
The Global Pumped Hydro Atlas rates the Sloy site at A, very good, for 15GWh - 18 hours duration @ 833 MW - so a far more powerful & costly upgrade could be invested in for development here.
scottishscientist.wordpress.com/2023/02/05/m...
#pumpedhydro #sloy #sse #LDES #energystorage
The Global Pumped Hydro Atlas rates the Sloy site at A, very good, for 15GWh - 18 hours duration @ 833 MW - so a far more powerful & costly upgrade could be invested in for development here.
scottishscientist.wordpress.com/2023/02/05/m...
#pumpedhydro #sloy #sse #LDES #energystorage
.@mitcheme.bsky.social first author Shaylin Cetegen with Barton/MIT & Gundersen/NTNU:
Liquid air energy storage #LAES levelized cost of storage #LCOS for long-duration energy storage: ⅓ cost of lithium-ion batteries & ½ pumped hydro.
#LDES of 1day/1wk/1month, but not seasonal
#BESS #LIB #PumpedHydro
Liquid air energy storage #LAES levelized cost of storage #LCOS for long-duration energy storage: ⅓ cost of lithium-ion batteries & ½ pumped hydro.
#LDES of 1day/1wk/1month, but not seasonal
#BESS #LIB #PumpedHydro
April 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#PumpedHydro comes to #Fortnite. #EpicGames launched Chapter 6 over the weekend. One of Named Locations is 'Pumped Power' ...
IMO: having Millions of players come across this every day has to be a good thing, creating some more awareness for Pumped #HydroPower.
#EnergyStorage #Technology
IMO: having Millions of players come across this every day has to be a good thing, creating some more awareness for Pumped #HydroPower.
#EnergyStorage #Technology
December 2, 2024 at 10:16 AM
#PumpedHydro comes to #Fortnite. #EpicGames launched Chapter 6 over the weekend. One of Named Locations is 'Pumped Power' ...
IMO: having Millions of players come across this every day has to be a good thing, creating some more awareness for Pumped #HydroPower.
#EnergyStorage #Technology
IMO: having Millions of players come across this every day has to be a good thing, creating some more awareness for Pumped #HydroPower.
#EnergyStorage #Technology
Old aluminum smelter gives way to pumped hydro energy storage.
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#energy #energystorage #hydropower #pumpedhydro #water #waterresources #ldes #renewableenergy #renewables #waterpower #greenenergy #cleanenergy #sdg7 #battery #batteries #us #energypolicy #sustainable
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#energy #energystorage #hydropower #pumpedhydro #water #waterresources #ldes #renewableenergy #renewables #waterpower #greenenergy #cleanenergy #sdg7 #battery #batteries #us #energypolicy #sustainable
Massive Energy Storage Project Greenlit For Brownfield
The US is one step closer to adding 1.2 gigawatts of pumped hydropower storage to its renewable energy profile.
cleantechnica.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Old aluminum smelter gives way to pumped hydro energy storage.
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/22/r...
#energy #energystorage #hydropower #pumpedhydro #water #waterresources #ldes #renewableenergy #renewables #waterpower #greenenergy #cleanenergy #sdg7 #battery #batteries #us #energypolicy #sustainable
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/22/r...
#energy #energystorage #hydropower #pumpedhydro #water #waterresources #ldes #renewableenergy #renewables #waterpower #greenenergy #cleanenergy #sdg7 #battery #batteries #us #energypolicy #sustainable
The world needs #LDES fast
3–6TWh of 8–24hr #storage is needed by 2030. Lithium-ion alone can’t deliver.
HD Hydro® offers 50+ year life, minimal degradation, fast deployment & scalable, low-cost storage built on proven #PumpedHydro foundations.
Built to last. Ready to scale.
3–6TWh of 8–24hr #storage is needed by 2030. Lithium-ion alone can’t deliver.
HD Hydro® offers 50+ year life, minimal degradation, fast deployment & scalable, low-cost storage built on proven #PumpedHydro foundations.
Built to last. Ready to scale.
February 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The world needs #LDES fast
3–6TWh of 8–24hr #storage is needed by 2030. Lithium-ion alone can’t deliver.
HD Hydro® offers 50+ year life, minimal degradation, fast deployment & scalable, low-cost storage built on proven #PumpedHydro foundations.
Built to last. Ready to scale.
3–6TWh of 8–24hr #storage is needed by 2030. Lithium-ion alone can’t deliver.
HD Hydro® offers 50+ year life, minimal degradation, fast deployment & scalable, low-cost storage built on proven #PumpedHydro foundations.
Built to last. Ready to scale.
What a week! Our commercial team spent two busy days in Devon, engaging with developers, suppliers, and investors at the demonstrator site. More updates are incoming!
To follow our progress, join our newsletter list: lnkd.in/eVJQMbNr
#EnergyStorage #EnergyTransition #PumpedHydro #EnergySky
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#EnergyStorage #EnergyTransition #PumpedHydro #EnergySky
June 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
What a week! Our commercial team spent two busy days in Devon, engaging with developers, suppliers, and investors at the demonstrator site. More updates are incoming!
To follow our progress, join our newsletter list: lnkd.in/eVJQMbNr
#EnergyStorage #EnergyTransition #PumpedHydro #EnergySky
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#EnergyStorage #EnergyTransition #PumpedHydro #EnergySky
Cruachan expansion is on hold.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drax's plan is half-baked - only increasing power while failing to raise the dam to maintain duration at full power.
#Cruachan2 #CruachanExpansion #pumpedhydro
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drax's plan is half-baked - only increasing power while failing to raise the dam to maintain duration at full power.
#Cruachan2 #CruachanExpansion #pumpedhydro
'Hollow Mountain' hydro power plant expansion put on hold
Drax had been working on plans to build a second facility inside Argyll's Ben Cruachan.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Cruachan expansion is on hold.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drax's plan is half-baked - only increasing power while failing to raise the dam to maintain duration at full power.
#Cruachan2 #CruachanExpansion #pumpedhydro
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drax's plan is half-baked - only increasing power while failing to raise the dam to maintain duration at full power.
#Cruachan2 #CruachanExpansion #pumpedhydro
#Renewables #Hydro #PumpedHydro
Had a conversation the other day with someone about renewable energy. Unfortunately, they’ve been drinking oil/gas kook-aid and claimed hydro dams are not clean and are a major source of greenhouse gases. This discussion was about pumped hydro and they assumed…
Had a conversation the other day with someone about renewable energy. Unfortunately, they’ve been drinking oil/gas kook-aid and claimed hydro dams are not clean and are a major source of greenhouse gases. This discussion was about pumped hydro and they assumed…
May 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#Renewables #Hydro #PumpedHydro
Had a conversation the other day with someone about renewable energy. Unfortunately, they’ve been drinking oil/gas kook-aid and claimed hydro dams are not clean and are a major source of greenhouse gases. This discussion was about pumped hydro and they assumed…
Had a conversation the other day with someone about renewable energy. Unfortunately, they’ve been drinking oil/gas kook-aid and claimed hydro dams are not clean and are a major source of greenhouse gases. This discussion was about pumped hydro and they assumed…
The projects at Glenbawn and Glennies Creek will provide 770MW 10-hour and 623MW 10-hour pumped hydro energy storage capacity respectively. #pumpedhydro #renewables #energytransition #AGL
AGL acquires two Upper Hunter pumped hydro projects
AGL will acquire two pumped hydro energy storage projects in New South Wales' Hunter region from UHH. Read more.
esdnews.com.au
May 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The projects at Glenbawn and Glennies Creek will provide 770MW 10-hour and 623MW 10-hour pumped hydro energy storage capacity respectively. #pumpedhydro #renewables #energytransition #AGL
Snowy 2.0 was originally pitched to cost $2 billion. Now, experts say the total project cost could reach an eye-watering $20 billion. #pumpedhydro #snowy2.0 #renewables #energytransition
Cost reassessment for Snowy 2.0 amid budget blowout
Snowy Hydro has directed its principal contractor on the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme to undertake a cost reassessment.
esdnews.com.au
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Snowy 2.0 was originally pitched to cost $2 billion. Now, experts say the total project cost could reach an eye-watering $20 billion. #pumpedhydro #snowy2.0 #renewables #energytransition
reneweconomy.com.au/new-12-hour-... see Big G PHES In Queensland @BE
#pumpedhydro #batteries #renewables #auspol
#pumpedhydro #batteries #renewables #auspol
New 12-hour pumped hydro project seeks approval, potentially alongside big four-hour battery
A new major pumped hydro project proposes to add long and medium duration energy storage to the mix in the Sunshine State.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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#pumpedhydro #batteries #renewables #auspol
#pumpedhydro #batteries #renewables #auspol
Pumped hydro remains a backbone for large-scale energy storage in Europe. 💧
#PumpedHydro #EnergyStorage #Europe #Renewables www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/euro...
#PumpedHydro #EnergyStorage #Europe #Renewables www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/euro...
Europe Pumped Hydro Storage Market Size & Share Report 2035
Europe Pumped Hydro Storage Market projected to reach USD 185.0 Billion, at a CAGR of 6.56% during 2026 to 2035, driven by Integration of renewable energy sources enhances growth potential in the pump...
www.marketresearchfuture.com
March 24, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Pumped hydro remains a backbone for large-scale energy storage in Europe. 💧
#PumpedHydro #EnergyStorage #Europe #Renewables www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/euro...
#PumpedHydro #EnergyStorage #Europe #Renewables www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/euro...
Pumped hydro stores excess wind and solar energy as water at height, releasing it when needed to deliver reliable, low-carbon baseload power for modern electric grids.
www.quarkstochlorophyll.blog/pumpedhydro/
www.quarkstochlorophyll.blog/pumpedhydro/
Pumped Hydro: Turning Intermittent Renewable Energy into Reliable Power
Pumped hydro stores excess wind and solar energy as water at height, releasing it when needed to deliver reliable, low-carbon baseload power for modern electric grids.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Pumped hydro stores excess wind and solar energy as water at height, releasing it when needed to deliver reliable, low-carbon baseload power for modern electric grids.
www.quarkstochlorophyll.blog/pumpedhydro/
www.quarkstochlorophyll.blog/pumpedhydro/
Pumped hydro storage is a cornerstone of renewable energy integration in Europe. Explore the insights shaping this vital market! 🌊
#PumpedHydro #RenewableEnergy #MarketInsights www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/euro...
#PumpedHydro #RenewableEnergy #MarketInsights www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/euro...
Europe Pumped Hydro Storage Market Size & Share Report 2035
Europe Pumped Hydro Storage Market projected to reach USD 185.0 Billion, at a CAGR of 6.56% during 2026 to 2035, driven by Integration of renewable energy sources enhances growth potential in the pump...
www.marketresearchfuture.com
March 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Pumped hydro storage is a cornerstone of renewable energy integration in Europe. Explore the insights shaping this vital market! 🌊
#PumpedHydro #RenewableEnergy #MarketInsights www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/euro...
#PumpedHydro #RenewableEnergy #MarketInsights www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/euro...
#SnowyHydro2.0 was a poor choice of #PumpedHydro project. Though the vertical distance between reservoirs (the drop) is very good, the horizontal distance is appalling. It's led to insane construction costs.
Blame Malcolm Turnbull.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Blame Malcolm Turnbull.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Snowy Hydro 2.0 flags another cost blowout with $12bn price tag now considered unachievable
Pumped hydro project in Kosciuszko national park is 67% complete, but supply chain cost increases and issues with a borer have caused cost overrun
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
#SnowyHydro2.0 was a poor choice of #PumpedHydro project. Though the vertical distance between reservoirs (the drop) is very good, the horizontal distance is appalling. It's led to insane construction costs.
Blame Malcolm Turnbull.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Blame Malcolm Turnbull.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
⚡️ ENGIE & CDPQ to invest up to £1B refurbishing UK’s Dinorwig & Ffestiniog pumped hydro plants - boosting 2.1GW storage & grid stability for decades! 🇬🇧💧🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/engie-a... #PumpedHydro #CleanEnergy #UKEnergy
ENGIE and CDPQ plan up to £1 billion investment in UK pumped storage plants
ENGIE and Canadian investor CDPQ will invest up to £1 billion in refurbishing two major pumped storage hydro plants in the UK
www.waterpowermagazine.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
⚡️ ENGIE & CDPQ to invest up to £1B refurbishing UK’s Dinorwig & Ffestiniog pumped hydro plants - boosting 2.1GW storage & grid stability for decades! 🇬🇧💧🔗 www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/engie-a... #PumpedHydro #CleanEnergy #UKEnergy
Could smaller water storage systems that would backup #wind and #solar for days rather than months be a better solution for 'dry years'.
This pumped hydro project has learned the lessons of Lake Onslow
#PumpedHydro #Batteries #renewables #energysky
newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/28/n...
This pumped hydro project has learned the lessons of Lake Onslow
#PumpedHydro #Batteries #renewables #energysky
newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/28/n...
This pumped hydro project has learned the lessons of Lake Onslow
Dougal McQueen is an engineer, not a power plant developer, but he's found himself the face of a new attempt to build pumped hydro in Otago.
newsroom.co.nz
August 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Could smaller water storage systems that would backup #wind and #solar for days rather than months be a better solution for 'dry years'.
This pumped hydro project has learned the lessons of Lake Onslow
#PumpedHydro #Batteries #renewables #energysky
newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/28/n...
This pumped hydro project has learned the lessons of Lake Onslow
#PumpedHydro #Batteries #renewables #energysky
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When Snowy 2.0 is in the news, it’s usually about money. The cost of the huge project has gone well beyond the initial A$6 billion estimate and will now cost more than $12 billion. Will it be worth it? #renewables #pumpedhydro #energytransition #snowy2
Snowy 2.0 will last 150 years and help to push out gas
When Snowy 2.0 is in the news, it’s usually about money. The cost of the huge project is now estimated to total more than $12 billion.
esdnews.com.au
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
When Snowy 2.0 is in the news, it’s usually about money. The cost of the huge project has gone well beyond the initial A$6 billion estimate and will now cost more than $12 billion. Will it be worth it? #renewables #pumpedhydro #energytransition #snowy2
Sutton hasn't learned the lesson -
🐘MISPLACED – South is the WRONG island
“why wouldn’t you just ramp down the South Island’s conventional hydro generation to save hydro energy for later instead of powering” Sutton’s pumps?
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#NZenergy #pumpedhydro
🐘MISPLACED – South is the WRONG island
“why wouldn’t you just ramp down the South Island’s conventional hydro generation to save hydro energy for later instead of powering” Sutton’s pumps?
scottishscientist.wordpress.com/2023/04/12/n...
#NZenergy #pumpedhydro
September 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Sutton hasn't learned the lesson -
🐘MISPLACED – South is the WRONG island
“why wouldn’t you just ramp down the South Island’s conventional hydro generation to save hydro energy for later instead of powering” Sutton’s pumps?
scottishscientist.wordpress.com/2023/04/12/n...
#NZenergy #pumpedhydro
🐘MISPLACED – South is the WRONG island
“why wouldn’t you just ramp down the South Island’s conventional hydro generation to save hydro energy for later instead of powering” Sutton’s pumps?
scottishscientist.wordpress.com/2023/04/12/n...
#NZenergy #pumpedhydro
You should also look at #PumpedHydro storage. It doesn't need to block rivers like hydro power does - it can be done off-river.
January 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
You should also look at #PumpedHydro storage. It doesn't need to block rivers like hydro power does - it can be done off-river.
Is anyone going to be sacked for this unmitigated fuck-up?
Surely, the #Labor government should pull the plug on this total failure? It makes the average Defence Project look like a great success! How many domestic #batteries could be installed?
#Snowy2.0 #PumpedHydro
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
Surely, the #Labor government should pull the plug on this total failure? It makes the average Defence Project look like a great success! How many domestic #batteries could be installed?
#Snowy2.0 #PumpedHydro
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
'You've screwed up, haven't you?': The $2 billion mistake behind Snowy 2.0
Snowy Hydro's tunnelling machine caused a sinkhole and spent months barely moving, then the troubled project's tunnel began filling with gas.
www.abc.net.au
October 23, 2023 at 1:08 AM
Is anyone going to be sacked for this unmitigated fuck-up?
Surely, the #Labor government should pull the plug on this total failure? It makes the average Defence Project look like a great success! How many domestic #batteries could be installed?
#Snowy2.0 #PumpedHydro
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
Surely, the #Labor government should pull the plug on this total failure? It makes the average Defence Project look like a great success! How many domestic #batteries could be installed?
#Snowy2.0 #PumpedHydro
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
ANU energy researchers Harry Armstrong-Thawley and Timothy Weber have run the numbers on pumped hydro and say CSIRO’s GenCost and the AEMO ISP are way off.
theenergy.co/article/aust...
#PumpedHydro #GenCost #AEMO #CSIRO #ANUenergy
theenergy.co/article/aust...
#PumpedHydro #GenCost #AEMO #CSIRO #ANUenergy
Australia's energy storage forecasts are broken
And it could be costly for the transition
theenergy.co
May 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
ANU energy researchers Harry Armstrong-Thawley and Timothy Weber have run the numbers on pumped hydro and say CSIRO’s GenCost and the AEMO ISP are way off.
theenergy.co/article/aust...
#PumpedHydro #GenCost #AEMO #CSIRO #ANUenergy
theenergy.co/article/aust...
#PumpedHydro #GenCost #AEMO #CSIRO #ANUenergy