A proposed 2,650MW pumped hydro energy storage project in Washington State has received a preliminary permit from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Developer Daybreak Power said yesterday that its US$4.9 billion Halverson Canyon Pumped Storage project received the favourable regulatory decision just before the end of June.
By Stephen Kishewitsch A pumped storage hydroelectric project being proposed by TC Energy would be the largest of its type in Canada, providing billions of dollars of savings to ratepayers over its operating lifetime as well as being one of the largest greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in the country.
The project site is situated within the Dores and Essich Community Council area, near the border of the Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council. Spanning approximately 950ha, the pumped storage hydropower project site stretches across the watershed between the catchment areas of the Ness and Nairn rivers.
Bad Creek, an existing pumped hydro storage plant in South Carolina. Image: Duke Energy. A proposed 2,650MW pumped hydro energy storage project in Washington State has received a preliminary permit from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
The $2 Billion+ project is a closed-loop pumped-storage hydropower facility with an upper and lower reservoir located about eight miles southeast of Goldendale, Washington. It will generate 1,200 megawatts of clean electricity while also storing the region’s abundant wind and solar electricity to use when it is needed.
It has made solid proposals for three in total including Halverson Canyon, with the other two being Next Generation Pumped Storage, a 1,540MW facility near Nevada’s Hoover Dam and Navajo Energy Storage Station, a 2,210MW plant near Lake Powell in Arizona.