Abstract
Pumped storage hydro (PSH) plants have significant potential to provide reliability and efficiency benefits in future electric power systems with high penetrations of variable generation. New PSH technologies, such as adjustable-speed PSH, have been introduced that can also present further benefits. This paper demonstrates and quantifies some of the reliability and efficiency benefits afforded by PSH plants by utilizing the Flexible Energy Scheduling Tool for the Integration of Variable generation (FESTIV), an integrated power system operations tool that evaluates both reliability and production costs.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 7 |
| State | Published - 2014 |
| Event | IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting - National Harbor, Maryland Duration: 27 Jul 2014 → 31 Jul 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting |
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| City | National Harbor, Maryland |
| Period | 27/07/14 → 31/07/14 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-5D00-60806
Keywords
- area control error
- automatic generation control (AGC)
- electricity markets
- pumped storage hydro (PSH)
- variable generation