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World Hydropower Outlook 2026
July 3 , 2026
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- The World Hydropower Outlook 2026, released by the International Hydropower Association (IHA), reported the highest annual deployment of pumped storage hydropower on record.
- Global pumped storage capacity crossed 200 gigawatts (GW) for the first time in 2025, making it the world's largest source of long-duration energy storage.
- Pumped Hydro Storage (PHS) stores electricity by pumping water between two reservoirs at different elevations and releasing it to generate power when needed.
- India added over 4 GW of hydropower capacity in 2025, surpassing Russia to become the world's 5th-largest country in installed hydropower capacity.
- India's pumped storage potential is estimated at 288 GW, with a target of 100 GW by 2035–36. Currently, 10 projects with 7.425 GW capacity are operational.
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