Directory of Pumped Storage Resources

The pumping of water from a lower to higher elevation to store energy (potential). Discharge works much like a hydroelectric dam.

Subcategories

Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project

http://www.nypa.gov/facilities/blengil.htm
New York Power Authority facility generates one million kilowatts in the Catskill mountains using five billion gallons of water and a 2,000 foot elevation
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity
WikiPedia Entry on subject lists projects and shows a diagram of a typical station. Power spectrum diagram shows energy in and out.
TVA: Hydroelectric Power

http://www.tva.gov/power/hydro.htm
Answers question: "What is a pumped-storage plant?" with links to a diagram and a picture.

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