The largest pumped storage power station in the world for most of its life, in the Allegheny Mountains of Virginia, operating since 1985 with about 3,000 megawatts of capacity. Water cycled between its upper and lower reservoirs makes it in effect an enormous battery, and it earned the nickname of the largest battery in the world decades before lithium cells reached the grid.
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Facility Type LocationBath County, Virginia, United States 1 Capacity (MW) Commissioned Year Connections
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Source United States Department of Energy Official Site
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Source United States Department of Energy Official Site
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operating since 1985 with about 3,000 megawatts of capacity.
- Uses Source: Hydropower
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The Bath County Pumped Storage Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric power plant with a maximum generation capacity of 3,003 MW, an average of 2,772 MW, and a total storage capacity of 24,000 MWh.
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