Key term for AQA GCSE Physics, used in Energy Resources.
A system that uses surplus electricity to pump water to a high reservoir, storing it as gravitational potential energy to be released during peak demand.
Pumped storage appears in AQA GCSE Physics revision content for Energy, especially Energy Resources and National and global energy resources.
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