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The developer of the planned Paldiski pump hydro-accumulation power plant, which will help reduce electricity price fluctuations, expects that the power plant will be completed in 2031.
However, with a smaller capacity, it could start operating two years earlier, reports the Estonian public broadcaster ERR.
It is said that the construction could start in the second quarter of next year.
Peep Siitam, CEO of the project’s developer, Energiasalv, expects the 500 megawatt (MW) power plant to be operational as early as 2029. at the end, albeit with a larger storage capacity.
This is the planned allowable gigawatt-hour (GWh) or 12 hours of continuous production capacity until 2031. end, he added.
According to the CEO, the PHS event works on a simple principle.
Electricity is produced by allowing water to flow into a storage tank below through a turbine, he explained.
these water tanks will be prepared in the city of Paldiski at a depth of 750 m underground. they will allow water to produce energy, and there it will be pumped back jr.
Part of this energy will be lost, and such a power plant does not produce energy by itself, so, according to P. Siitamos, this is not the purpose of such a power plant; the purpose of the event is to store the produced energy when it is not used, and to supply the electricity network when it is really needed. Thus, electricity can be produced even when there is not much wind or sun.
On the other hand, such a power helps to ensure the security of supply, because if the energy production is suddenly interrupted due to a failure, the turbine can start working immediately, unlike the shale oil in the power source, without the need to heat the boiler.
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