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India is advancing its renewable energy capacity, aiming for 523 GW by 2030, with pumped storage solutions being a key component for providing schedulable power on demand. The document discusses the current status and potential of pumped storage projects (PSPs) in India, highlighting their economic viability and challenges such as funding and execution. It emphasizes the need for effective integration of renewable energy and PSPs to ensure grid stability and address financial concerns.

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India is advancing its renewable energy capacity, aiming for 523 GW by 2030, with pumped storage solutions being a key component for providing schedulable power on demand. The document discusses the current status and potential of pumped storage projects (PSPs) in India, highlighting their economic viability and challenges such as funding and execution. It emphasizes the need for effective integration of renewable energy and PSPs to ensure grid stability and address financial concerns.

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CURRENT IMPETUS

ON PSPs IN INDIA -
IDEALISM VERSUS
REALITY
S C Mittal
Managing Director,
DMR
India is leading the world’s
renewable energy revolution and is
on track to achieve 175 GW of RE
capacity by 2022.

RENEWABL As on December 2021, the total RE


installed capacity is 152 GW which
includes 46 GW in hydro. This
E ENERGY represents 39% of countries total
installed capacity.
IN INDIA
The government plans to
establish renewable energy
capacity of 523 GW (including 73
GW from Hydro) by 2030.
While battery storage solutions are
still evolving, integrating Wind &
Solar with time-tested and proven
Pumped Storage solutions presents
an optimal,
economically, viable & scalable
solution to supply Schedulable Power
On Demand
NEED (SPOD) with both baseload and peak
load
capabilities to the Nation.

FOR Pumped Storage solutions provide


the necessary scale (large volume
of energy storage) and have a

PSPs long-life cycle resulting in


reasonable cost of delivered SPOD
energy over the life of the projects.
STATUS OF PUMPED
STORAGE
DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
OTHER IDENTIFIED
PSPs
CEA Identified Projects – 41 nos.,
total – 62815 MW in different Parts of
the Country Majorly in Maharashtra

PFR for number of projects in Tamil


Nadu has been initiated.

19 off-river project sites have been


identified by New and Renewable
Energy Development Corporation of
Andhra Pradesh Ltd.
CONCEPT OF
PSPs
The pumped storage hydropower project comprises an upper
reservoir and lower reservoir interconnected with a waterway,
a powerhouse that contains hydropower electrical
mechanical equipment, and a transmission connection to the
grid.
This project is operated when inexpensive electricity is
available (which is typically available at night or on the
weekends when power demand is low or excess solar
generation in the daytime) is used to pump water from the
lower reservoir to the upper reservoir. Water stored in the
upper reservoir is then released during peak demand periods,
delivering more valuable electricity to the grid.

With the introduction of renewable energy technologies, the


operation of pumped storage hydropower facilities is being
expanded to utilize excess energy from renewable energy
systems for later use during peak demand periods.
TYPE OF
PSPs
Both upper and lower reservoirs existing

Existing upper reservoir with new lower


reservoir

New upper reservoir with existing lower

reservoir Both reservoir to be

constructed
High head, low discharge and short/long
WCS
(head 400 m or above) PSPS TYPE
Medium head, medium discharge and
short/long WCS (head 150-400m range) BASED
Lower head, high discharge and
short/long WCS UPON
The required reservoir volumes for
upper and lower reservoirs will HEAD,
depends upon the plant capacity,
head and discharge characteristic and
number of generation hours per day.
DISCHARG
Long Water Conductor System
E AND
requires upstream and
downstream surge tanks. LENGTH OF
Plant load factors of PSPs will depend upon
number of generation hours per
day.

For 10hour generation per day PLF will


be 41%
PLANT
For 7-hour generation per day PLF will
be 29%
LOAD
FACTOR OF
For 6-hour generation, PLF will be 25%

PSPs
For generation less than 6-hours , PLF will be
further reduced below 25%
CYCLE EFFICIENCY FOR
C y c l e PSPs
effi ciency of a pumped storage project can be defi ned as the
ratio of energy generated while water is moved from upper reservoir
to lower
reservoir and energy spent to pump the same volume of water
from lower reservoir to upper reservoir over a c y c l e of 24 hours.

In turn, c y c l e effi ciency depends upon the multiplication of the


following
effi ciencies:
• Hydraulic effi ciency of water conductor system between upper
reservoir
and lower reservoir in generation mode viz - a- viz pumping mode
( EWCS)
• Effi ciency of turbine in the generation mode ( Eturbine)

• Effi ciency of turbine/ pump in pumping mode ( Epump)

• Effi ciency of the generator in the generation mode ( Egenerator)

• Effi ciency of the generator/ motor in pumping mode ( Emotor)


EWCS can be calculated
as:

EWCS = [Gross head - Head losses during generation


CYCLE mode]/[Gross head +Head losses during pumping
mode]

EFFICIENC • Head loss in the water conductor system mainly


depends upon the velocity of flow in the pipe,
length of the pipe, diameter of the pipe,
Y FOR and roughness of the pipe and thus governed
by the configuration of civil structure.
• The efficiency turbine/pump and
PSPs generator/motor are as per
manufacturer design of the equipment and
the

are guaranteed by the manufacturer.

(CONT.)
If we take the following
effi ciencies:
• Ewcs = 95 %

• Eturbine = 93.08 % CYCLE


• Egenerator = 98.24% EFFICIENCY FOR
• Epump = 91.68% (assumed)
PSPs (CONT.)
• Emotor = 98% (assumed)

Note: This does not consider Transformation


Losses
CONSTRUCTION AND
SCHEDULE ASPECTS OF
THE PSPs

PSPs can have similar


construction and schedule
challenges as our
faced by conventional
hydropower projects.
• Environment , Forest & Land
Issues.

• Geological Surprises

• Time & Cost Overrun


CONSTRUCTION COST
OF THE PSPs
The construction cost of the PSPs
are similar to conventional
hydropower
projects except that dam and
reservoir cost can be signifi cantly
less due to
the availability of reservoirs.

• Typical Costs are Rs 4 Cr/MW


Central and South
India’s Topography
offers better PSPs
sites than the
SUITABLE Himalayan region.
SITES In some of the project
FOR sites environmental
and social issues can
PSPs be significantly less
due to the availability
of existing reservoirs.
ECONOMICS OF
PSPs
PSPS relies on availability of cheap
source off -peak power. However
the cost of generation from PSPs
projects
will always be signifi cantly higher
than the conventional hydropower
projects.

• Cost of Off- Peak Power

• C y c l e Effi ciency

• Plant Load Factor


WHO SHOULD OWN
PSPs
• Distribution
companies
• State Grid

• Central Grid

• Generating
Companies

• IPPS
CHALLENGES
Challenge of PPA

Challenges of Funding

Challenges of

Economics

Challenges of

Execution
With RE penetration, grid stability is
going to be challenging

With RE and PSPs, while the availability of


power may increase, the cost of power
to consumer could significantly increase.
EMERGIN With finance of distribution companies
being precarious even at present, there
G will be further stress on financial liquidity
of the system which may result in poor
utilization of PSPs resulting in further per
SCENARIO unit cost of generation. This may make
PSPs as financially unattractive although
technical merits will justify the investment.
Thank You

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