Pumped storage installed capacity
STO-REC-STATM5Y39NT2 National
100GW
India · 2035
IHA projects pumped storage installed capacity in India at 100 GW in 2035.
- Publisher
- IHA
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- South and Central Asia accelerate growth
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
India is emerging as a global leader in pumped storage hydropower development, with plans to increase capacity from around 3.5–5 GW today to as much as 100 GW by 2035.
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- APA
- International Hydropower Association. (2035). 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_M5Y39NP6HCD5WWCVK1S95939DT
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2035, 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_M5Y39NP6HCD5WWCVK1S95939DT.
- Chicago
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2035. 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_M5Y39NP6HCD5WWCVK1S95939DT.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2035pumped5939dt, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’}, year = {2035}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_M5Y39NP6HCD5WWCVK1S95939DT}, 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
- —
- Locator
- South and Central Asia accelerate growth
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- 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_M5Y39NP6HCD5WWCVK1S95939DT