An old technology with a new twist: Inside one company's quest to build 'high density' pumped hydro

Cecilia Keating
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An old technology with a new twist: Inside one company's quest to build 'high density' pumped hydro

BusinessGreen looks at how a Plymouth mine site could become ground zero for an innovative form of hydro energy storage

What is heavier than concrete but flows like water? The answer to the riddle is a high-density liquid that one company is betting could soon play a major role in stabilising renewables-dominated electricity...

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