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Yep. A lot of people call pumped storage "water batteries" or the like[0]. It baffles me as well, but now that language is evolving to redefine a battery as pre
by vikramkr 6y ago
Yep. A lot of people call pumped storage "water batteries" or the like[0]. It baffles me as well, but now that language is evolving to redefine a battery as pretty much anything that generates electrical power than can be recharged with electrical power, I guess that's the world we're walking into and I should get used to that.
[0] https://www.hydropower.org/sites/default/files/publications-docs/the_worlds_water_battery_-_pumped_storage_and_the_clean_energy_transition_2.pdf https://www.hydropower.org/sites/default/files/publications-...
- icegreentea2 6y agoHave you seen where "battery" comes from? Electrical batteries are called that since they were made of sets of electrical cells working together, analogously to a battery of artillery.
- vikramkr 6y agoYes I'm aware of that - good point. I could have included that in my post above to highlight that this word itself has gone through plenty of language change already, from meaning "a number of pieces of artillery used together" to "electrochemical energy storage" to "energy storage." While it keeps most of those original definitions as well - including "to strike" etc. The only definition I don't think has really survived to the current day that I see when looking at its etymology is "metal articles wrought by hammering." Wonderful word.