Gridflex Energy LLC has applied to build three energy storage facilities in the Columbia River Gorge and southeastern Oregon.
Gridflex Energy LLC has applied to build three energy storage facilities in the Columbia River Gorge and southeastern Oregon.
Grid-scale energy storage has been called the “holy grail” of smart-grid technology. The variability of renewable energy — especially wind power — and the headaches it causes for power supply managers, creates the acute need for a way to store energy during times of high production.
Gridflex is years away from developing its pumped storage ideas, which would store energy by pumping water from a lower reservoir to an upper reservoir when the power isn’t needed on the grid. During the generation period, stored water is released to flow downhill through a turbine to produce power.
Read more at Sustainable Business Oregon.
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