Review on Performance of Pumped Storage Power Plant with utilization of Solar and Wind

Electrical Engineering

This project presents on detailed study of pumped storage hydro power plant system based on implementation of solar and wind energy. Nowadays, due to the ever increasing demand of electricity and the rise of environmental concerns, renewable energies are becoming the best option for electrification especially for rural electrification. The biggest problem of wider use of renewable energy sources is energy storage. This project deals with the pumping storage hydropower system analysis. The water reservoir serves for daily and seasonal energy storage, thus basically solving the energy storage problem. The electrical energy produced in excess by the renewable energy system is converted in potential energy by pumping water to a higher elevation where it can be stored indefinitely and then released to pass through hydraulic turbines and generate electricity. These process is occur continuously, the estimation of energy demand for day and night time, stored energy, reservoir dimension and parameters of hydroelectric plant are presented. The project is trying to present the possible operational aspects for a pumped storage power plant. There are presented the possibilities of the study of operational regimes of the plant using experiments performed. Furthermore, renewable energy sources due to their fluctuating nature cannot maintain or regulate continuous power supply and hence require bulk electricity storage. The present study aims at reviewing the existing global PHES capacities, technological development, and hybrid systems (wind-hydro, solar pv-hydro, and wind-pv-hydro) and recommending the best possible options. The review explores that PHES is the most suitable technology for small autonomous island grids and massive energy storage

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