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pumped-storage power station

hydroelectric energy storage station using two water reservoirs connected with a pump and a turbine
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pumped-storage power station

Summary

pumped-storage power station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,472 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pumped-storage power station is a type of reservoir power station[2].
  • pumped-storage power station is a type of storage power station[3].
  • pumped-storage power station's Commons category is recorded as Pumped-storage hydroelectric power plants[4].
  • pumped-storage power station comprises pumped-storage upper reservoir[5].
  • pumped-storage power station comprises pumped-storage lower reservoir[6].
  • pumped-storage power station comprises water turbine[7].
  • pumped-storage power station comprises electrical generator[8].
  • pumped-storage power station's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations[9].
  • pumped-storage power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as plant:method=water-pumped-storage[10].
  • pumped-storage power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as plant:source=hydro[11].
  • pumped-storage power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as power=plant[12].
  • pumped-storage power station's uses is recorded as potential energy[13].
  • pumped-storage power station's has list is recorded as list of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include reservoir power station[2] and storage power station[3].

Use and Application

Components include pumped-storage upper reservoir[5]; pumped-storage lower reservoir[6]; water turbine[7]; and electrical generator[8], an invention[15].

Why It Matters

pumped-storage power station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,472 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . fepc.or.jp. fepc.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → reservoir power station, storage power station
    Subclass of → —
    Has list → list of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations
    Uses → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548548905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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