Hydropower Puns

One of the challenges of solar and wind power is what to do when there isn't enough solar and wind to satisfy peak demand, or what do do with excess solar and wind power when demand is low.

One theoretical solution that's been talked about for a while is Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH), where you use excess wind and solar to pump water uphill to a reservoir and then use it to generate electricity when needed. Water is very heavy, so you can store a lot of energy by pumping water uphill.

Today I heard about Xcel Energy's Unaweep Project to do this in practice:

Unaweep Canyon is central to Xcel Energy’s big plans for renewable energy production in Colorado

> The utility is seeking federal approval to build the state’s largest hydropower project on the Western Slope in Unaweep Canyon south of Grand Junction.

> Pumped-storage hydro is the fast-growing darling of power providers weaning themselves from coal and natural gas. It works like a giant battery, providing power during peak demand in the evening, when the flow of electricity ebbs from traditional renewable sources like wind and solar.

> “One significant hurdle standing between the United States and its goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035 and a net-zero energy economy by 2050 is a lack of clean energy storage,” reads a November 2021 U.S. Department of Energy announcement of a new web-based tool to help power providers assess pumped-storage hydropower. “The good news is solutions are already available — chief among them PSH.”

> In a PSH project, water flows from one reservoir downhill through a pipeline to a lower reservoir. The gravity-fed water in the pipeline spins turbines that generate electricity. Then the system uses [excess solar and wind] energy during low-demand hours to push the water back up to the top reservoir.

https://youtu.be/3OfBqbzjeWw

The Border Guard High Command’s rescue team of 10 soldiers and three dogs have been dispatched to the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant— the site of the landslides—in Thua Thien-Hue Province to search for the missing victims.

I'm looking into a small hydro power plant up for sale where I live. The current owner states that the electricity production up until October this year has been 925 470 kWh, which equals 925 470 / 10 = 92 547 kWh per month, or about 3085 kWh per day. And now I'm trying to figure what kind of hash power this could translate to.

How do I calculate which amount of ASICS that can power? Do I just take 3085 kWh x 24 hours = 128542 watts? Which translates to, for example, almost 40 antminer s19 pro by dividing 128 542 w with 3250 w from the s19 pro? Could someone please tell me in how many ways I've fucked up these calculations

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501009173/new-hydropower-dam-to-be-built-in-koh-kong/

If anyone here has worked on a dam, or hydropower project before, please PM me. It is for a research paper.

Thank you.

The Border Guard High Command’s rescue team of 10 soldiers and three dogs have been dispatched to the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant— the site of the landslides—in Thua Thien-Hue Province to search for the missing victims.

The Border Guard High Command’s rescue team of 10 soldiers and three dogs have been dispatched to the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant— the site of the landslides—in Thua Thien-Hue Province to search for the missing victims.