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Hydropower dams and Pumped hydro storage

Energy flows from hydropower dams to pumped hydro storage.

Hydropower dams (energy) and Pumped hydro storage (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Energy flow

Physical flow · Direct · Hydropower dams → Pumped hydro storage

Some dams have reversible turbines that pump water back uphill.

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