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Originally Posted by Eratosthenes
...and yet a single rain drop at rest can potentially unleash about 9,000,000,000,000 Joules in energy
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Interestingly - that's roughly the same amount of energy stored and then re-released by Wivenhoe Pumped Storage Hydro Power Station in each 24-hour cycle - but each day, it has to lift about 28 GL of water by 100 metres elevation to store a comparable amount of energy!
http://www.csenergy.com.au/content-(168)-wivenhoe.htm