Pumped storage facilities ________

a. increase the overall efficiency of a power plant
b. make use of the output of electricity from photovoltaic cells
c. are used to produce electricity mainly at night
d. have an increase in their potential energy mainly at night
e. cannot be used with a nuclear plant


d

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