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  2. List of hydroelectric power station failures - Wikipedia

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    Failed in fair weather due to a combination of poor construction, age, and neglect. Caused downstream failure of the Cascade Dam. Destroyed historical Stanley hydro power station and a fish hatchery. Flooded a campground and the town of Estes Park impacting 75% of business activity. $31 million in damages and three lives lost. Three similar ...

  3. Environmental impact of electricity generation - Wikipedia

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    Overall, hydroelectric power can be less expensive than electricity generated from fossil fuels or nuclear energy, and areas with abundant hydroelectric power attract industry. However, in addition to the advantages above, there are several disadvantages to dams that create large reservoirs .

  4. Environmental impacts of lithium-ion batteries - Wikipedia

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    Applications for this battery were limited by the high prices of titanium and the unpleasant scent that the reaction produced. [2] Today's lithium-ion battery, modeled after the Whittingham attempt by Akira Yoshino, was first developed in 1985. Tonnes of lithium and income generated from Australian lithium mining and exportation over the recent ...

  5. List of energy resources - Wikipedia

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    Hydroelectricity; Hydrogen economy; Hydrogen storage, Underground hydrogen storage; Hydropower-Energy from moving water; Hygroelectricity; Implosion; Kaplan turbine; Light crude oil; Liquid fuel; Liquid nitrogen engine; Marine current power; Magnetohydrodynamic, generator, MHD generator or dynamo transforms thermal energy or kinetic energy ...

  6. Energy storage - Wikipedia

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    Common examples of energy storage are the rechargeable battery, which stores chemical energy readily convertible to electricity to operate a mobile phone; the hydroelectric dam, which stores energy in a reservoir as gravitational potential energy; and ice storage tanks, which store ice frozen by cheaper energy at night to meet peak daytime ...

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  8. Grid energy storage - Wikipedia

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    Mingtan Pumped-Storage Hydro Power Plant dam in Nantou, Taiwan In 2023, pumped hydroelectric storage (PHS) was the largest storage technology, with a worldwide capacity of 181 GW , compared to some 55 GW of storage in utility-scale batteries and 33 GW of behind-the-meter batteries. [ 43 ]

  9. Column: There's a bright side to the battery of California ...

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    The series of storms that battered California caused a lot of damage, but they also will provide a boost in clean hydroelectric power this summer and recharge California's depleted groundwater basins.