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10/21/2022 3:27:00 PM Pumped hydro storage doesn t work everywhere but Utah has some good prospects for future projects
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Pumped hydro storage doesn t work everywhere but Utah has some good prospects for future projects Pumped hydro storage projects are in the works across the American West. The projects store water in reservoirs that can be used to generate electricity when power is needed. Updated: 9:40 p.m.]Hydroelectric power has beenBut hydropower depends on the clouds to feed the reservoirs behind hydroelectric dams, and that is getting harder in the drought-stricken West.“Here in the West, we fortunately have access to some good prospects,” said Matthew Shapiro, CEO of Salt Lake City-based the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(Christopher Cherrington The Salt Lake Tribune)2021 Integrated Resource Plan,“As we do our long range plan, it’s been pretty clear with the amount of wind and solar that is being selected that energy storage is going to be a significant part of our resource mix,” said PacifiCorp spokesperson David Eskelsen. Read more:
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The West has the vertical drops to generate clean power when renewables aren’t producing.Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) celebrates with his teammates after he ran in for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Oct.The 4-time NBA champ and Golden State superstar let out a guttural yell .October 20, 2022 at 9:43 a. (Rick Bowmer AP) Jet skis move through Red Canyon on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, in the northeastern corner of Utah.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy) (Michael Conroy, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. One proposal for a pumped hydrostorage project would draw water from Flaming Gorge and pump it to a new reservoir in the mountains above. before claiming he didn't mind that he was bothering his sleeping kids. Oct. – The fast start pumped up expectations prematurely. 20, 2022, 12:35 p. A day after eyeing Banff’s notorious Merman Monster, I’m confronting higher frights. m. The Jaguars (2-4) have dropped three straight games following Sunday’s 34-27 loss to the Colts that sent them further down the AFC South standings."I don't care! Stick with it!" In the background, Curry's youngest child, Canon , could be heard crying -- but it still didn't stop Steph from praising Lee. Updated: 9:40 p.m. Since winning back-to-back games against the Colts and Chargers, Jacksonville has slipped. This story is part of The Salt Lake Tribune’s ongoing commitment to identify solutions to Utah’s biggest challenges through the work of the Innovation Lab.. [ ] Give to the mountains, and the mountains will give back. But there is progress. (Photo by Norma Meyer) Clearly my trip to the Canadian Rockies rocked. That is the essence of pumped hydro storage, which is poised to be a significant player in Utah’s move toward sustainable renewable energy. Hydroelectric power has been the country’s largest source of clean energy at least since the turbines were turned on at Hoover Dam (then Boulder Dam) in the 1930s. Their worst loss was a 29-21 game that they had a shot to at least tie on the final drive.. It accounts for more than half of the renewable energy in the United States, and it supplies 7% of total U.S. Things don’t get easier this week. electricity. 25!. (Photo by Norma Meyer) We spent most of our mid-September visit in deliriously beautiful Banff National Park, with jaunts into Yoho and Jasper national parks, all three part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and boasting Canada’s iconic splashy eco-celebrities: the wildly bright aqua-blue and emerald-bedazzled alpine lakes. But hydropower depends on the clouds to feed the reservoirs behind hydroelectric dams, and that is getting harder in the drought-stricken West. And they’ve been a case study for the Jaguars. With pumped hydro storage, solar panels and windmills do the work of the clouds. When the sun is shining or the wind is blowing, they can power a pump to push water from a lower reservoir to an upper reservoir. New York declined quarterback Daniel Jones’ fifth-year option and had a running back (Saquon Barkley) who couldn’t stay healthy. Then when the sun and wind go away, the process can be reversed. Water from the upper reservoir flows back down, and the pump is now a hydroelectric generator. “It’s going to be a challenge for us, but they’re making the plays when they need to. This literally is the money shot. And the process can be repeated every day. But it doesn’t work everywhere. “That was kind of my message to the team this morning. A good pumped storage project needs a big vertical drop – 1,500 feet or more – between the upper and lower reservoirs. “Here in the West, we fortunately have access to some good prospects,” said Matthew Shapiro, CEO of Salt Lake City-based which has 10 pumped storage projects planned across the western United States.” The Jaguars played better on offense, at least from a production standpoint. Lining up for permits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), but none are in Utah … yet. For starters, the Banff Gondola soars passengers in four-person cars during a breathtaking eight-minute ascent to lofty 7,486-foot-tall Sulphur Mountain. Two Utah projects have received preliminary permits from FERC, and four others have applied for permits. Travis Etienne continues to emerge as the No. The permits are a first step. They let developers reserve a potential storage site while they do all the engineering and hydrology work to determine if it really is a viable project, said Celeste Miller, spokesperson for FERC. Etienne led the team with 86 yards and he’s given the team a burst of big play potential. (Christopher Cherrington The Salt Lake Tribune) “You cannot build. You cannot turn any ground” with a preliminary permit, Miller said. The bigger positive was quarterback Trevor Lawrence and his command of the offense in a game-on-the-line situation. The best summit seat may be inside the Sky Bistro, where patrons dine next to floor-to-ceiling windows as the sunset casts an otherworldly flaming red-pinkish-purple “alpenglow” over the Rockies. That requires a full license. Four of those Utah projects are coming from PacifiCorp, parent company of Rocky Mountain Power, Utah’s largest electrical utility. Lawrence had a sensational drive, an 18-play, 84-yard march that ate up 12 minutes, 16 seconds, to give Jacksonville a 27-26 lead with 2:48 to play. The company also has another project just over the state line in Idaho near Bear Lake. In its 2021 Integrated Resource Plan, the company anticipates adding 500 gigawatts of pumped hydro storage across PacifiCorp’s six-state footprint over the next 20 years. “It just kind of shows you, shows us, too, this is what we’re capable of doing if we just do our jobs and focus on one play at a time. That plan also includes even more gigawatts of battery storage. (Photo by Norma Meyer) The next day, we tasted local craft brews aboard the Beer Voyage Cruise on azure Lake Minnewanka, aka “Water of the Spirits” to the original indigenous people and “Devil’s Lake” to early Europeans who believed a terrifying beast lurked there. The utility aims to get 8 hours of power from the hydro projects each day. Of course, it didn’t make a difference in the outcome, but it was proof that Lawrence has the potential to deliver. For a 500-megawatt project, that is enough to power about about 350,000 Utah households for those eight hours. “As we do our long range plan, it’s been pretty clear with the amount of wind and solar that is being selected that energy storage is going to be a significant part of our resource mix,” said PacifiCorp spokesperson David Eskelsen. How does the defense bounce back? It has been good enough to win five of their six games this season, the exception coming Sunday in Indianapolis. That coming demand also is attracting independent players who want to set up pumped storage projects to sell electricity to the utilities. But with a lengthy permitting process that puts most projects out at least 10 years, it’s not an investment for the short horizons of publicly traded companies or private equity firms. “I got confidence in the boys, because that’s what everybody is signed up to do.” To entice more curious visitors to cruise this lake, Gary said Luxton “came up with a half-man, half-fish monster” known as the Merman and sporting scales, fins and clawed arms. “Private equity is not the kind of capital we want behind us,” said Luigi Resta, president of rPlus Hydro. “You have to be committed for 40 years. “Really, it will start on Wednesday at practice, everybody will be on that same page and really gearing up to win on Sunday.” Resta and Shapiro found that commitment in the Salt Lake City real estate development company started by Kem Gardner that has branched out into renewable energy. “They have the complete opposite view” from private equity, Resta said. Just trusting that process and it’s really getting out there and doing it. The rPlus project that is closest to reality is the north of Ely, Nev. (Photo by Norma Meyer) Gary also noted that if we were scuba diving under our boat — instead of slurping Banff-fermented Black Pil and gnawing complimentary warm pretzel buns — we’d be inspecting the submerged Minnewanka Landing resort village. It is scheduled to begin operation by 2030. About the Author:. The company has an active permit and is completing the studies required for full licensing. (Christopher Cherrington The Salt Lake Tribune) The project requires construction of both the upper and lower reservoirs, and they will be separated by 2,200 feet of elevation, which Resta said is about the maximum for a pumped storage project. More elevation puts too much pressure on the system. An efficient pumped hydro project can return up to 80 percent of the energy it takes to pump the water up, he said. (Photo by Norma Meyer) Planning-wise, here’s what makes our Rockies’ trip so easy: Almost every activity (gondola, beer cruise, Skywalk) plus our lodging, tours and transportation (including shuttles from and to Alberta’s Calgary airport) are operated by the Pursuit Collection. If approved for licensing, the White Pine project would include a vertical shaft below the upper reservoir that would feed a pump/generator station deep inside the mountain. The straight vertical drop can produce more power than a pipeline running down the surface of the mountain, but it requires tunneling underground. One advantage of the Nevada site is that Ely has been a center of hardrock mining for more than a century, so there is local expertise. Pumped storage has some important advantages. One is that it can be standby power for when renewables aren’t producing. (Due to winter weather, except for the gondola, most tours and attractions are open May through early October. The turbines can go from zero to full output in about 60 to 90 seconds, Shapiro said. That’s faster than even natural gas turbines, which take about five minutes to power up. That quick turnaround is something large coal-fired power plants can’t do, which makes it harder to use coal as an intermittent source. Another positive for pumped storage is that it doesn’t lose its effectiveness over time like batteries. “Pumped storage has a lifetime of 100 years,” Shapiro said. We walked into the cozy private lobby, were handed signature welcome glacier-blue cocktails, and gazed through the cathedral ceiling window at a spectacular panorama of ice fields and snowy chiseled Rockies — right across the street. The water rights challenge Like their hydroelectric cousins, pumped storage projects must face the reality of a drying climate. They recirculate the water between the two reservoirs, but they still lose about 10 percent of the water annually to evaporation. As a result, securing water rights is a key challenge. As part of the FERC process, other entities are invited to comment on permit applications. In several cases, concerns have been raised by neighboring water suppliers. It’s humbling and extraordinary to be on this pristine natural wonder; upsetting to consider its future. “The district asks that, even before a preliminary permit is issued, a careful study of what, if any, water is available for this project,” said the Emery Water District in its comments on the Electric Lake application. And several environmental groups are challenging a pumped-storage project on Navajo Nation land that would use Lake Powell as the lower reservoir. ““It’s trying to build billions of dollars worth of the infrastructure in this lake and in the system that is clearly in severe decline,” Gary Wolkner, executive director of Save the Colorado, told Public News Service. Correction: A 500-megawatt power source can supply about 350,000 homes. An earlier version gave an incorrect estimate. (Photo by Norma Meyer) Back in downtown Banff, we rented cycles from Black Diamond Bikes and began an idyllic ride, first along the forested path beside brilliant blue Bow River. Tim Fitzpatrick is The Salt Lake Tribune’s renewable energy reporter, a position funded by a grant from Rocky Mountain Power. The Tribune retains all control over editorial decisions independent of Rocky Mountain Power. .