Pumped hydroelectric energy storage in sediment-laden rivers can lead to equipment failure and higher maintenance costs.

Pumped storage is making up a growing share of hydropower projects proposed or under development, which could be significant for renewables, observers say. A massive clean energy project that doesn’t ...

With an $18 million boost from the state, a major energy storage project using hydroelectric power is taking shape at the San Vicente Reservoir, nestled in the Cuyamaca Mountains near Lakeside. The ...

In the mountains of Tennessee, not far from Chattanooga, there is the Raccoon Mountain picturesque hydroelectric power plant. This is a water reservoir that is located on more than 500 hectares. The ...

A company active in the hydropower sector is working on a new project to build a pumped-hydro storage facility at the site of a former coal mine in Kentucky. Boston, Massachusetts-based Rye ...

Southwest Virginia lawmakers looking to expand the region's energy stronghold in the state. In addition to coal, hydroelectric power could be on the way in the coalfields. Coal has long been the ...

Dominion Energy, which was scouring Virginia’s coalfields region for possible locations for a pumped hydroelectric storage facility, has found two potential sites. The Richmond-based energy company is ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the second time since the beginning of 2023, rPlus Hydro, LLLP (rPlus Hydro), a national leader in the development of large-scale pumped hydroelectric energy ...

In April 2023, Alabama Power Company filed a notice of intent with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to construct two water reservoirs and a pumped storage hydroelectric generating facility at ...

The CEA in India has finalised a detailed Master Plan for Evacuation of Power from Hydroelectric Plants in the Brahmaputra ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A state lawmaker wants the proposed Gregory County pumped-storage project de-listed from South Dakota’s water resources management system because, after decades of discussion ...

Spanish energy company Iberdrola has energized the first 220 MW turbine at its Tâmega hydropower plant in northern Portugal. The plant is part of the 1,158 MW Tâmega complex under construction since ...