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Improved Cost Estimates to Boost Pumped Storage Hydropower Construction

Program Document ·
OSTI ID:1892082
Pumped storage hydropower is often overlooked in future grid planning efforts, in part because the cost to build a new facility is not always clear. That's why the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), along with the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office, is developing improved cost estimates and cost models to reduce that uncertainty and give developers the data they need to decide where and when to construct new PSH facilities to support the country's evolving energy grid.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Water Power Technologies Office (EE-4W)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1892082
Report Number(s):
NREL/FS-6A20-84116; MainId:84889; UUID:74953852-6356-4c84-9475-1eefec209df6; MainAdminID:67745
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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