Pumped storage capacity under development
RecordSTO-7ECS3A4GEP-DJDNMP73ZG-8AZN19
United States · as of 24 Jun 2026
Pumped storage capacity under development in the United States was more than 60 GW as of 24 June 2026 (IHA).
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- Publisher
- IHA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- North America advances modernisation and new storage projects
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
More than 60 GW of pumped storage projects are now in development across the USA.
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APA
International Hydropower Association. (2026). World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_7ECS3A4GEPDJDNMP73ZG8AZN19
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2026, https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_7ECS3A4GEPDJDNMP73ZG8AZN19.
- Chicago
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2026. https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_7ECS3A4GEPDJDNMP73ZG8AZN19.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2026pumped8azn19, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_7ECS3A4GEPDJDNMP73ZG8AZN19}, note = {Original source: https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Hydropower Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- North America advances modernisation and new storage projects
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_7ECS3A4GEPDJDNMP73ZG8AZN19