New fun fact added - Updated: 2022-05-23
The Bath County Pumped Storage Station in Virginia was once called the "largest battery in the world". This pumped storage hydroelectric power plant was completed in 1985 and has a maximum generation capability of 3003 MW, with a total storage capacity of 24,000 MWh. This compares to the largest battery storage facility in the world (as of 2021), the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, at 1,600 MWh.
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