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Big pumped-storage projects studied in Nevada
http://www.nnbw.com/news/5538431-113/pumped-storage-energy-gridflex
Big pumped-storage projects studied
BY ANNE KNOWLES
March 18, 2013
Hydropower pumped-storage is moving west, and for the first time projects that use the technology for electric generation are on the drawing board in Nevada.
Two sites in Humboldt County are being developed by Winnemucca Farms Inc. while Gridflex Energy LLC, a private company based in Boise, Idaho, is hoping to build plants in three locations, in Clark County, Ely and a spot straddling Lyon and Mineral counties.
All five projects have received preliminary permits from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the first official step in what could be a near decade-long process from concept to energy production.
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Winnemucca Farm’s two sites are expected to each produce 400 MW. Gridflex’s site in Ely, called the White Pine Pumped Storage project, is being designed to generate 750 MW, while its planned plant in Lyon and Mineral counties, called the Black Mountain Pumped Storage project, is on tap to produce 750-1,000 MW.
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Big pumped-storage projects studied
BY ANNE KNOWLES
March 18, 2013
Hydropower pumped-storage is moving west, and for the first time projects that use the technology for electric generation are on the drawing board in Nevada.
Two sites in Humboldt County are being developed by Winnemucca Farms Inc. while Gridflex Energy LLC, a private company based in Boise, Idaho, is hoping to build plants in three locations, in Clark County, Ely and a spot straddling Lyon and Mineral counties.
All five projects have received preliminary permits from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the first official step in what could be a near decade-long process from concept to energy production.
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Winnemucca Farm’s two sites are expected to each produce 400 MW. Gridflex’s site in Ely, called the White Pine Pumped Storage project, is being designed to generate 750 MW, while its planned plant in Lyon and Mineral counties, called the Black Mountain Pumped Storage project, is on tap to produce 750-1,000 MW.
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The article doesn't mention how many MW the Clark site will produce.
Some of the sites may use floating solar panels to reduce evaporation.