Feasibility and Economical Analysis of Pumped Hydro Storage System for STES Campus, Lonavala

摘要

Electrical energy utilization and involvement of renewable energy sector is increasing day by day. For rapidly increasing renewable sector necessity of storage device is becoming very important. Various energy storage systems are available for storing the electricity. Pumped hydro storage system (PHS) is one of the most promising storage systems for storage of bulk power. Due to geographical conditions and naturally availability of water during rainy days, it is feasible to implement a PHS unit on Sinhgad Technical Education Society (STES) campus, Lonavala. The already available water storage tank can store water which can generate electricity at about 180 KW. Technical and economical calculations are done to ensure the feasibility of the PHS unit at Lonavala campus and presented in this paper.