…as a 50-year licence is awarded for Swan Lake North pumped-storage project

摘要

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a 50-year licence to build and operate the 393.3 MW Swan Lake North pumped-storage project in Klamath County, Oregon. The project, which is being jointly developed by National Grid Ventures and Rye Development, through Swan Lake North Hydro LLC, is designed to serve as a regional storage resource for the Pacific Northwest. Located about 18 km northeast of Klamath Falls on 295 ha of federal land administered by the US Bureau of Land Management and US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Swan Lake North project will consist of a new upper and lower reservoir, a steel penstock connecting the upper reservoir to the powerhouse, a partially buried powerhouse containing three 131.1 MW variable speed reversible pump-turbine units, three steel penstocks connecting the powerhouse to the lower reservoir, a transmission line and substation, and access roads to the lower and upper reservoirs.