This facility is know as a peaking plant, meaning they use it when there is a demand for electricity that can't be met by the existing power plants. During peak demand, they will use this hydro-electric plant to generate power to meet demand.
Usually at night when the power demand decreases and there is 'excess power' available, they will pump the water back up to the higher reservoir to store the water as 'potential' energy to be used to generate power during the next high power demand event.
There is nothing new to this design, it has been used globally for decades.
This facility is know as a peaking plant, meaning they use it when there is a demand for electricity that can't be met by the existing power plants. During peak demand, they will use this hydro-electric plant to generate power to meet demand.
Usually at night when the power demand decreases and there is 'excess power' available, they will pump the water back up to the higher reservoir to store the water as 'potential' energy to be used to generate power during the next high power demand event.
There is nothing new to this design, it has been used globally for decades.
It's kind of like a reverse Lake Mead......
Hahaha. Yes. With Lake Mead the water runs out and never comes back.