Transcription of Understanding Pumped Storage Hydropower
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Michael Manwaring, HDR EngineeringUnderstanding Pumped Storage HydropowerMichael Manwaring, HDR EngineeringChair, NHA Pumped Storage Development CouncilNovember 2012 Presentation Agenda General Overview Historic Perspective Variable Renewable Energy Integration Siting a Pumped Storage Project Water Resource Needs Transmission Needs & Siting Transmission Needs & Siting Overview of MarketsExisting Pumped Storage ProjectsJocassee & Bad Creek Pumped Storage Projects (Duke, South Carolina) Pumped Storage Project Design SchemePumped Storage Project Design SchemeOverview: Challenges to Develop Pumped StorageProjects are Capital Intense Licensing ($millions) Construction/Operation ($billions)Markets Limitations: Valuing services Pumped Storage and conventional Hydropower provide (missing revenue streams) Level playing field for all energy Storage technologies Regional differences in generation and energy Storage needs Regional differences in generation and energy Storage needs Pum
Pumped Storage Hydropower Smallest U.S. Plants Flatiron (CO) –8.5 MW (Reclamation) O’Neil (CA) –25 MW Largest U.S. Plant Rocky Mountain (GA) –2100 MW Ludington (MI) –1870 MW First Pumped Storage Project Switzerland, 1909 First U.S. Pumped Storage Project Connecticut, 1930s -Rocky River (now 31 MW) Most Recent U.S. Pumped Storage Project
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