Life Cycle Assessment of Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The United States has begun unprecedented efforts to decarbonize all sectors of the economy by 2050, requiring rapid deployment of variable renewable energy technologies and grid-scale energy storage. Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) is an established technology capable of providing grid-scale energy storage and grid resilience. There is limited information about the life cycle of greenhouse gas emissions associated with state-of-the-industry PSH technologies. The objective of this study is to perform a full life cycle assessment of new closed-loop PSH in the United States and assess the global warming potential (GWP) attributed to 1 kWh of stored electricity delivered to the nearest grid substation connection point. For this study, we use publicly available data from PSH facilities that ar

SUBMITTER: Simon TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448748 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature