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Although pumped hydro storage is seen as a strategic key asset by grid operators, financing it is complicated in new … this study is that the incentive to build capital-intensive pumped hydro storage to firm wind power is limited unless … hydro storage are less attractive for wholesale electricity companies because the payback periods are too long. In tandem a …