Author(s): Anton Schleiss
Linked Author(s): Anton J. Schleiss
Keywords: Hydrolink; Pumped storage hydropower; Conventional thermal and nuclear power; Continuous base load; Surplus base load energy; Low market price energy; Peak energy demand; Night and off-peak pumping; Peak-hour turbine operation
Abstract:
In the last century pumped storage hydropower (PSH) plants have been mainly built in combination with large conventional thermal and nuclear power plants producing continuous base load . During low electricity demand the surplus base load energy with low market prize was transformed by PSH into peak energy to satisfy high electricity demand in the grid at higher market prizes. Thus, pumping occurred typically during night and daily off-peak hours of consummation and consequently turbine operation during the peak hours of consumption typically around noon and in the evening.
Year: 2025