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"Today, the United States is buckling under the weight of a worsening pandemic that has claimed more than 127,000 lives and put an estimated 30 million Americans out of work.
Building more power lines wouldn’t stop the spread of COVID-19. But energy experts say investing in transmission would put people back to work and help urban areas across the country ditch fossil fuels. The burning of those fuels not only drives the climate crisis, but generates lung-damaging air pollution that has been linked to greater likelihood of death from the coronavirus." Read more below
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Want jobs and clean energy? This overlooked technology could deliver both
"Fed by powerful waterways like the Colorado and Columbia rivers, electricity from hydropower helps several western states enjoy some of the lowest electricity prices in the country as well as cleaner air." See more stats here:
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Black Start (Restoration) Service:
The capability to start up in the absence of support from the transmission grid is another benefit to hydropower. This capability is of value to restart sections of the grid after a blackout and can be provided by hydropower to supply power to the region.
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"Hydropower accounts for more than 22 percent of all the electricity generation in these 13 western states. In states like Washington, Oregon and Idaho, hydropower accounted for more than half of each state’s electricity generation in 2013. Fed by powerful waterways like the Colorado and Columbia rivers, electricity from hydropower helps several western states enjoy some of the lowest electricity prices in the country as well as cleaner air."
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What is Pumped Storage?
Pumped storage is a tried and true “renewable” technology that has been in use since the 1920’s and remains the most efficient form of large-scale hydroelectric storage, with a lifespan over 100 years. This technology bridges the gap between energy production and energy consumption for every-day users and utilizes a greater amount of electricity generated through other renewable energy resources.
It features a two-way system that stores potential energy in the form of water in an upper reservoir, pumped from a lower reservoir. During peak consumption, stored potential energy is released from the upper reservoir, flowing downhill through a turbine to generate electricity. During off-peak usage, lower-cost electricity from the grid is used to reverse the turbines and pump the water back uphill.