A new pumped-storage station in one of the highest and remotest parts of Switzerland will help cope with fluctuations in wind and solar-power supply. It can stabilise electricity output for the whole of Europe. A journalist from Ticino resident in Bern, I write on scientific and social issues with reports, articles, interviews and analysis.
The water stored in the upper reservoir of Vieux-Emosson, which has a storage capacity of 227,000,000 m3, or 20 million kWh, falls into the underground power station via two vertical shafts that are 425 m high. The project was built at a cost of approximately CHF 2 billion ($2.09 billion) and saw the participation of 60 enterprises.
If there is an overproduction of wind power in Germany, we can use the surplus electricity to pump and store water.” In the future, pumped-storage power stations will enable the storage of ever greater amounts of green electricity, for release later in times of shortage, writes the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies.
It uses the Emosson and Vieux Emosson reservoirs to operate. The water stored in the upper reservoir of Vieux-Emosson, which has a storage capacity of 227,000,000 m3, or 20 million kWh, falls into the underground power station via two vertical shafts that are 425 m high.
The Limmern pumped storage plant works as a large battery. It can be used for turbines and pumps and contributes to security of supply in Switzerland.
The pumped storage system at Nant de Drance. Image used courtesy of Nant de Drance SA Per the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the technology was first utilized in Italy and in Switzerland itself in the 1890s, before making its way to the U.S. in 1930.
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