Pumped Storage Hydropower Potential and Opportunities

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Abstract

Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) is a flexible energy storage technology with the potential to improve grid reliability, resiliency, and stability in the electric grid of the future. NREL has developed a range of data and tools to help understand opportunities for new PSH deployment, including nationwide resource assessment data, a bottom-up component-level cost model, and a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions calculator. These datasets can then be used to inform grid planning models, analysis, and decision making to understand the role PSH can play in the power sector.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages16
StatePublished - 2024

Publication series

NamePresented at the Mid-West Electric 67th Annual Meeting, 10-12 December 2024, Denver, Colorado

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-6A40-92404

Keywords

  • cost
  • data
  • grid
  • hydropower
  • modeling
  • pca
  • psh
  • pumped hydro
  • resource
  • supply curves
  • tools

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