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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
Energy that an object has because it is moving.
Used by AQA
Paper 1
Revise: Energy storage systemsThe moving water has kinetic energy and turns turbines. These drive generators, which transfer energy electrically to the grid. The water can then be pumped uphill again for another cycle.
Although the specification calls it kinetic pumped storage, the raised water stores gravitational potential energy. It has kinetic energy when it flows.
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