From a reader: Connecticut’s largest lake (Candlewood Lake) is really a 100-year-old hydroelectric facility. Water is pumped from the Housatonic River through a gigantic tube and into the lake, where the water is stored until it’s needed to generate electricity. …
Tag: pumped hydro energy storage
Energy Storage Can Scale in Incredible Ways
Here’s a discussion about pumped hydro energy storage I had with 2GreenEnergy super—supporter Gary Tulie: Gary: Hi Craig. Here is a proposal to create the world’s largest pumped hydro storage facility – with a potential capacity of up to 6,800 …
Quick Discussion on Hydrokinetics
A fellow wrote to me just now to say that, as a high school student, he had become aware of the force of siphoned water, and came to understand that by “using two ponds, (he) could turn a water turbine …
Utility-Scale Energy Storage
Energy giant Alstom has nailed down a 120 million Euro contract to build a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Israel. Currently, there is 129 gigawatts of this technology installed around the globe, and, as we sit here today, …
