Spain currently has 18 pumped-storage hydroelectric power plants with an installed capacity of 6 GW. What is a pumping station? Pumped-storage power plants have two water reservoirs at different heights. During off-peak hours, water is pumped from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir.
Another of the Spanish group's major pumping initiatives is the Tâmega hydroelectric complex, whose complex is made up of three new plants on the river of the same name, a tributary of the Douro, located in northern Portugal, near Oporto. Gouvães and Daivões came on stream in early 2022, while Alto Tâmega will be operational in spring 2024.
In northern Portugal, the company already inaugurated the ambitious 1,158 MW Támega project in 2022, and by 2026 it expects to reach 120 million kWh of pumped storage capacity. La Muela II pumped-storage hydropower station. Hydroelectric pumping technology is the most efficient system that allows to store energy in a large-scale today.
La Muela, in the Cortes de Pallás reservoir, on the right bank of the Júcar river, is considered the largest pumped hydroelectric plant in Europe. It has an installed capacity of 1,482 MW, which supplies around 400,000 homes. Located in a cavern, the installation has seven groups of reversible turbines.
Therefore, the incorporation of efficient storage systems is essential. In this respect, pumped hydro power plants emerge as the most efficient and cost-effective renewable option for large-scale storage.
The upper reservoir (4) therefore acts as a storage facility. On the other hand, during at peak demand hours, the pumping station supports the system as a conventional hydroelectric plant: water accumulated in the upper reservoir thanks to a dam (5) is sent to the lower reservoir through the conduction tunnel (6).
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