renewable energy | Australian Water and Energy Exchanges research initiative

Five gifs that explain how pumped hydro actually works

March 12, 2019 Roger Dargaville (Monash University)

People have used moving water to create energy for thousands of years. Today, pumped hydro is the most common form of grid-connected energy storage in the world. This technology is in the spotlight because it pairs so well […]

Articles

Research: evaporative power of water may create electricity on a large scale

October 10, 2017 Tracy Staedter

Lake Pleasant, Waddell Dam & Waddell Pumping/Generating plant.
19 MAR 2014
Central Arizona Project photo by Philip A. Fortnam

Researchers have hit upon an alternative to the well-known alternatives to fossil fuels: evaporation. A team of scientists from Columbia University in New York City has estimated that energy harnessed from water evaporating from U.S. reservoirs and lakes with a surface […]

Articles