Quantifying the Operational Benefits of Conventional and Advanced Pumped Storage Hydro on Reliability and Efficiency: Preprint

Conference · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939040· OSTI ID:1140086

Krad, I.; Ela, E.; Koritarov, V.

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.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1140086
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5D00-60806
• Resource Relation: Conference: To be presented at the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 27-31 July 2014, National Harbor, Maryland
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
13 HYDRO ENERGY
AREA CONTROL ERROR (ACE)
AUTOMATIC GENERATION CONTROL (AGC)
ELECTRICITY MARKETS
PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO (PSH)
VARIABLE GENERATION (VG)