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Pumped hydroelectric energy storage

  • Knowledge partner
    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Japan
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Knowledge Partner
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Transport
    Waste management

    The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.

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    The objective of the Upper Cisokan Pumped Storage (UCPS) Power Project for Indonesia is to significantly increase the peaking capacity of the power generation system in Java-Bali in an environmentally and socially sustainable way and strengthen the institutional capacity of the project implementing entity Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) in hydropower planning, development and operation. There are three components to the project.

  • Technology

    The Elco Energy and Infrastructure group provids comprehensive solutions in the fields of Electricity Water Natural Gas and Medical Technologies. Examples of past projects are as follows: 161 Kv Substations for Intel Ben Gurion International Airport Thailand Africa. Water Filtration Facility for Mekorot.

  • Objective

    Next to the other energy storage technologies, such as phase change materials, batteries and CAES, pumped hydro is another option for energy storage. Pumped hydro storage uses two water reservoirs which are separated vertically. In times of excess electricity, often off peak hours, water is pumped from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir. When required, the water flow is reversed and guided through turbines to generate electricity.

  • Knowledge partner
    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Belgium
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Knowledge Partner
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Carbon fixation and abatement
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Infrastructure and Urban planning

    Climate change, food security, resource scarcity, sustainable energy, ageing population… VITO’s research agenda focuses on the major societal challenges we are facing today. The fields of expertise of VITO initiate a societal transition.