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LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households.

The United States hydropower industry considers pumped storage the best answer to a question surrounding renewable energy: where to get power when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing.

Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households.

LUDINGTON — Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households.

A question is hovering over the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy such as wind and solar: What happens when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine

The hydropower industry considers pumped storage the best answer to a question hovering over the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy to

Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households. It’s part of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, which uses simple technology: Water is piped from a lower reservoir — the lake, in this case — to an upper…

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking...

Trading fossil fuels for wind and solar is good for the planet, but what happens when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine?