Pumped storage installed capacity
STO-REC-STATHPRTR3T2 National
5GW
Portugal · 2040
IHA projects pumped storage installed capacity in Portugal at 5 GW in 2040.
- Publisher
- IHA
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Featured Content
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Portugal unveils big ambitions on energy storage, backing 5 GW of pumped storage by 2040
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- International Hydropower Association. (2040). 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_HPRTR38BE9VWQ3V7KZB5QHFN1T
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2040, 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_HPRTR38BE9VWQ3V7KZB5QHFN1T.
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- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2040. 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_HPRTR38BE9VWQ3V7KZB5QHFN1T.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2040pumpedqhfn1t, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’}, year = {2040}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HPRTR38BE9VWQ3V7KZB5QHFN1T}, 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 Official
- Report
- World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- Featured Content
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
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- Reachable (HTTP 200)
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- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_HPRTR38BE9VWQ3V7KZB5QHFN1T