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ies. But there are geologic and environmental constraints on where
pumped hydro can be deployed. "
Meanwhile, according to Dale, storage is not the only way to
improve grid reliability. " Energy that would otherwise be lost during
times of excess could be used to pump water for irrigation or to
charge a fleet of electric vehicles, for example, " he noted.
POWER Digest
RusHydro Completes First Stage of New Far East Hydro
Project. The RusHydro Group on Oct. 3 announced it had officially
completed the first stage of the 570-MW Ust'-Srednekanskaya
hydropower plant on the Kolyma river in the Magadan
region in the Far East of Russia. Ust'-Srednekanskaya plant is
the second in the cascade of hydropower plants on the Kolyma
River. With the first phase of two units (142.5 MW each) operating
with temporary Francis runners completed, construction that
began in 1991 continues and is slated to wrap up in 2018. The
next stage consists of increasing the water head from current
to project level of 260 to 276.5 meters and commissioning of
the third hydro unit. The plant is expected to provide energy for
the developing mining operations in the region and to diversify
power resources to the isolated region. About 95% of the region's
power demand was previously covered only by RusHydro's Kolymskaya
hydropower plant.
Turkey Completes Privatization of Distribution Companies.
Turkey in September completed privatization of its power distribution
sector, following the transfer of distribution company Toroslar
Elektrik to the private sector. Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek
Lots of Energy in Comments
About Renewables
Thomas Overton's article for
GAS POWER Direct, " Renewable
Intermittency Is Real " generated
several online comments last month.
It was also the most shared story
for a time, proving yet again that
although in 2012, according to the
Energy Information Administration,
wind provided just 3.46% and
solar provided 0.11% of total U.S.
generation, the very existence of those
energy sources continues to generate
a disproportionately high level of
commentary-both pro and con.
said a total of $12.7 billion was gained by the government after
the country's 18 state-run companies were privatized. Enerjisa, a
joint venture of Sabanci and Germany's E.ON, acquired the two largest
distribution grids, Ayedaş, which operates on the Asian side
of Istanbul, and Toroslar Elektrik, operating in the Adana region in
southern Turkey, for a total $3.457 billion. İşkaya Doğu paid $387
million for the acquisition of Dicle Elektrik (which operates in the
southeastern provinces of Turkey), while Türkerler won the $188
million tender for Van Gölü Elektrik (Van Lake region).
Brazil Supreme Court Reverses Suspension of 1.8-GW
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Hydro Plant. Brazil's Supreme Court in October reversed a September
2013 decision by a federal court that suspended construction
on the 1,800-MW Tele Pires hydropower project by
Companhia Hidreletrica Teles Pires (CHTP). One of five large
dams planned for the Teles Pires River, a major tributary of the
Tapajós River in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the $2 billion
Tele Pires hydropower project is now on track to come online by
2015. The federal court's decision, issued in response to civil
lawsuits filed by Brazil's Federal Public Prosecutors' Office, cited
" unforgivable failures " in the environmental licensing of the dam.
Judge Ricardo Lewandowski of the Supremo Tribunal Federal ruled
in October, however, that CHTP had not breached the concession
rules and that delaying the project could cause significant
economic damage to Brazil's Mato Grosso and Para states. CHTP
is a consortium of Neoenergia (50.1%), Eletrobras-Eletrosul
(24.5%), Eletrobras Furnas (24.5%) and Odebrecht (0.9%).
Spain Plans New Centralized Nuclear Waste Storage Facility.
ENRESA, Spain's state-owned company charged with the
safe management, storage, and disposal of radioactive waste, in
October said it would begin the construction of a new centralized
temporary storage facility (Almacén Temporal Centralizado,
or ATC) in 2014. The installation will be located in Villar de Cañas-a
site preferred over Asco or Vandellos-and would have a
storage capacity of 12,816 cubic meters. The company has set
aside $120 million for the project, which could be commissioned
in 2018. Spain has seven nuclear reactors that generate a fifth of
its electricity. A general plan approved in 1999 to deal with ra
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