The pump storage hydro scheme is designed to "soak up" excess power generated by wind and wave farms, using it to pump water up to a reservoir.

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The power is used to pump water up into the reservoirs that feed the hydroelectric turbines.

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Though a great vote-grabber, the policy encourages farmers to pump water up from their tube-wells both day and night.

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Older reactors often pump water up.

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We know that the clock mechanism soon broke down, and it was up to the eunuchs to pump water manually every time the emperor was passing in front of the statues.

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They are continuing to pump out water, excavating the blockages and shoring up the tunnels.

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Anglian Water has been granted permission to pump up to 17 million litres a day until next March into its Pitsford Reservoir, which supplies around 600, 000 customers in the Northampton area.

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