pumped storage plant
21Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme — The Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme consists of two 200MW turbine units located 2km upstream of the Kogelberg Dam wall on the Palmiet River near Cape Town, South Africa. The pumped storage hydroelectricity plant is capable of responding to a surge… …
22Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project — The Blenheim Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project is a pumped storage hydroelectricity plant in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. The plant is part of the New York Power Authority, and can generate over 1,000,000 kilowatts of electricity,… …
23Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme — The Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme (previously named Braamhoek) is under construction by Eskom in the escarpment of the Little Drakensberg range straddling the boarder of the Free State and KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The Scheme will consists of… …
24Pure pumped-storage hydroelectric plant — A plant that produces power only from water that has previously been pumped to an upper reservoir. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
25Chaira Hydro Power Plant — The Lake of Chaira Hydro Power Plant …
26Dlouhé stráně Hydro Power Plant — Dlouhé stráně Location Loučná nad Desnou Rejhotice, Czech Republic Coordinates …
27Grid energy storage — is used to manage the flow of electrical energy. For large scale load levelling on an interconnected electrical system, electric energy producers send low value off peak excess electricity over the electricity transmission grid to temporary… …
28Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant — is a hydroelectric power plant in Lewiston, NY near Niagara Falls, NY. The plant diverts water from Niagara River above Niagara Falls and returns the water into the lower portion of the river near Lake Ontario. It has a generating capacity of… …
29Compressed-air energy storage — (CAES) refers to the compression of airto be used later as energy source. At utility scale, it can be stored during periods of low energy demand (off peak), for use in meeting periods of higher demand (peak load). Alternatively it can be used to… …
30Energy storage — is the storing of some form of energy that can be drawn upon at a later time to perform some useful operation. A device that stores energy is sometimes called an accumulator. All forms of energy are either potential energy (eg. chemical,… …
