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Received β€” 31 May 2026 ⏭ RSC - Energy Environment

Environmental and geographic constraints shape global pumped hydroelectric storage for long-duration energy storage

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,3804-3822
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE01331G, Paper
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Rongrong Xu, Zhenzhong Zeng, Alan D. Ziegler, Lee E. Brown, Joseph Holden, Dominick V. Spracklen, Deliang Chen, Yuntian Chen, Tianyun Dong, Yaling Zeng, Peirong Lin, Yuan Yang, Ming Pan, Dongxiao Zhang
A global bottom-up assessment identifies 18.82 Β± 2.66 PWh of viable pumped hydroelectric storage, showing that PHS remains cost-effective for discharge durations longer than four hours under future energy storage technology cost scenarios.
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Unlocking multi-stage flexibility enables cost-competitive hydrogen-based steelmaking in China

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2874-2888
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00643D, Paper
Yuezhang He, Zhenqian Wang, Mohamed Atouife, Daniel De Castro Gomez, Xin He, Omar Hurtado Perez, Xingyuan Yang, Tianduo Peng, Jesse D. Jenkins, Zheng Li
Coordinated multi-stage flexibility across the hydrogen-based steelmaking chain reduces costs and reconfigures systems toward strategic overcapacity and flexible load-shifting under variable renewable supply.
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