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Projects & Applications
Austria’s Andritz to supply South Korean 500 MW pumped storage power plant Austrian engineering group Andritz has signed a deal to supply the pump turbine units for a 500 MW pumped storage plant in South Korea, the country’s first new pumped storage project in over a decade.
Patrick Jowett
Jan 22, 2026
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Technologies
China completes first full-scale underwater pumped storage trial at 65 meters depth DEC’s “Dongchu No. 1” prototype completed more than 100 charge-discharge cycles at 65 meters depth in a freshwater lake.
Vincent Shaw
Jan 21, 2026
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Grid-scale
India: Engie secures solar-plus-600 MWh battery storage project, L&T to build 3 GW pumped storage project Engie has won its first solar-plus-storage project in India, while Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured an order from Torrent Energy Storage Solutions to build the country's largest pumped hydro storage project.
Uma Gupta
Jan 14, 2026
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Tenders
Spain unveils €90 million funding for 7 GWh of innovative pumped hydro energy storage projects Each project or entity can receive a maximum grant of €50 million ($58.5 million), and all projects must be fully completed by June 30, 2035.
Marija Maisch
Jan 06, 2026
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Policy
UK parliament approves long duration storage cap and floor scheme Royal Assent for Planning and Infrastructure Act commits government to long duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, alongside other measures aimed at easing connections queue and accelerating grid upgrades.
Matthew Lynas
Dec 22, 2025
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Grid-scale
More than 3 GW of pumped hydro storage advances in India THDC India Ltd., a subsidiary of NTPC Ltd., has commissioned Unit 3 (250 MW) of its 1 GW (4 × 250 MW) variable-speed pumped storage hydropower project in Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, Bihar State Power Generation Company Ltd. (BSPGCL) has selected GreenCo Energies and Sun Petrochemicals to develop 2.12 GW of pumped storage power projects in the hilly regions of Nawada district, Bihar.
Uma Gupta
Dec 17, 2025
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Grid-scale
Hydro approves largest pumped hydro project in more than 20 years in Norway Norsk Hydro will invest about $110 million after tax to build the Illvatn pumped hydro plant in western Norway.
Tristan Rayner
Nov 18, 2025
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Grid-scale
Spanish large-scale energy storage call backs more than 11 GWh of projects Battery energy storage systems (BESS) accounted for 124 of 144 projects backed by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) cash.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Oct 27, 2025
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Grid-scale
Investors commit $8m to Italian offshore-pumped-hydro storage Described as drawing upon a 'practically unlimited resource' – ocean depth – Milan-based Sizable Energy says its offshore technology offers the world's cheapest long-duration energy storage (LDES).
Max Hall
Oct 23, 2025
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