Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Station

 Physis 

Generation of electricity

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Pumped storage hydroelectric power station

In a hydroelectric power station water is stored hehind a dam in a reservoir. This water has gravitational potential energy.

⊙  the water runs down pipes (potential to kinetic energy)  to turn the  

     turbine

⊙  the turbine is connected to a generator to produce electricity

    (kinetic to electrical energy)