40,000 MW Traditional and other 20,000 Pumped storage + 377,000 MW planned without a start date For a century, hydroelectric power has been synonymous with gigantic dams — feats of engineering ...

Water flows from the upper reservoir into the lower reservoir through hydroelectric turbines similar to those used on the Northwest’s many river dams, generating power. A diagram of pumped ...

This is an iteration of [Beyond the Print]’s efforts to draw useful energy from a local dam with an uneconomic amount of water pressure and/or volume for a typical hydroelectric power station.

While the water itself is already destined for various uses, why not harness its flow to produce hydroelectric power? Well ... on pipeline efficiency. A diagram of the system (Image: Lucid ...