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Electricity storage for 1.7 million households

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For the last 50 years, Ludington reservoir at Lake Michigan has been used to pump up water about 110 metres when there is surplus electricity and used when it is needed, thereby providing electricity for up to 1.7 million households.

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News seen at: Der Spiegel - Science (in German)