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		fiftyacorn on Jan 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The UK is wasting a lot of wind power I was hearing one of the things they are doing is pumping water up the hills at hyrdo powerstation's to reuse at peak periods

seb1204 on Jan 12, 2023 [–]

Yes this is what is commonly referred to as pumped hydro or often only hydro

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