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A pumped storage power plant is designed to run as a load during lightly loaded periods of time, and as a generator during heavy loads. An example would be a plant that pumps water up to a reservoir. It uses energy to pump the water up hill, and effectively stores that energy in the water as potential energy. When it is needed, the water is released to run downhill, and the kinetic energy is used to create electricity.

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