wind and pumped hydro storage
wind and pumped hydro storage
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I may get involved in a project that has both wind turbines and pumped hydro storage.
I would appreciate pointers to other such projects I could look at, or papers that would be relevant to such projects.
I would appreciate pointers to other such projects I could look at, or papers that would be relevant to such projects.






RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
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RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
I haven't found much in the IEEE publications (I am a member with an IEEExplore account) that describe projects that have both pumped hydro and wind power. I am surprised at how little Google turns up. I am looking for example projects that I can study. The project I am getting involved with is in the planning stage.
The Kinzua Dam project doesn't seem to have the focus I am interested in. I guess you are pointing me (and anyone else who reads this thread) at the abrogation of the commitment to Seneca.
RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
Pointers to such projects would be much appreciated.
RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
Both of these large pumped storage projects tend to pump off-peak nuclear generation. The idea is that nuclear plants are fueled based on various nuclear requirements (i.e. poisoning, etc) and not neccesarily fuel depletion. Nuclear plant operators desire to run their nuclear plants at full load with little or no variation. When off-peak, this generation is "in-excess" of need and is used to "pump" the energy into a reservoir which stores energy available for peak, or day time use. The total efficiency of this process is about 60%, i.e. about 80% to pump, and 80% to generate. Presumably one would factor in the efficiency of the initial MW generated...for wind who cares since the fuel is free.
The only stumbling blocks with doing this on a large scale for wind is the cost, and possibly the enviromental issues associated with the reservoir(s) and water source for the storage. This IS a good idea but it is subject to economies of scale and would certainly cost many millions of dollars to implement (probably billions).
Search terms would be: Bath County pumped storage, Helms pumped storage, and Raccoon Mountain pumped storage.
RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
They presently use diesel power. Their load peaks at about 1.2 MW.
They utility/community is situated on an island, and has some geographical features that may lend themselves to water storage.
One issue with pumped sea water is the possible contamination of well water with brackish water. The best reservoir areas will probably be rejected for this reason, but there are a few areas left where salt water storage may be possible.
Bill
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RE: wind and pumped hydro storage
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I am still looking for other examples.