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Hydroelectric pumped-storage

  • US 7,952,219 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2009
  • Issued: 05/31/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a first aquifer;

    a second aquifer;

    one or more fluid communication channels that facilitate fluid flow between the first and second aquifers;

    a turbine-generator arranged to convert kinetic energy of fluid flowing from the first aquifer to the second aquifer through one or more of the fluid communication channels into electrical energy; and

    a pump to move fluid from the second aquifer to the first aquifer,wherein at least one of the first or second aquifers is a naturally-occurring underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials.

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