#DidYouKnow pumped storage #hydropower (PSH) accounts for 97% of #America’s utility-scale electrical storage? It’s one reason why hydropower plays a key role for the #electrical #grid, offering flexibility and rapid response to fluctuating power needs. PSH uses pumps and turbines to move #water into higher elevation reservoirs at times of low electricity demand. Then, during periods of high demand, water is released into lower reservoirs and used to generate #energy. Learn more in this EERE Blog post:http://go.usa.gov/3BuwG.
The picture below was taken inside the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant located in southeastern #Tennessee. It’s on a site overlooking the Tennessee River near#Chattanooga.
The picture below was taken inside the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant located in southeastern #Tennessee. It’s on a site overlooking the Tennessee River near#Chattanooga.
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