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Pumped Storage: The Water Battery Nobody Counts

Pumped Storage: The Water Battery Nobody Counts

Aug 22, 2026 | Hydro, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids

Batteries get every storage headline. Pumped hydro does the work. The world crossed 201 gigawatts of pumped storage in 2025, and by the IEA’s reckoning it holds almost all of the roughly 12 terawatt-hours of electricity the planet can store — a share...