Hydropower and seasonal pumped hydropower storage in the Indus basin: pros and cons

Julian David Hunt; Giacomo Falchetta; Simon Parkinson; Adriano Vinca; Behnam Zakeri; Edward Byers; Jakub Jurasz; Emanuele Quaranta; Emmanuel Grenier; Amaro Olímpio Pereira Junior; Paulo Sergio Franco Barbosa; Roberto Brandão; Nivalde José de Castro; Paulo Smith Schneider; Lara Werncke Vieira; Andreas Nascimento; Yoshihide Wada

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Hydropower and seasonal pumped hydropower storage in the Indus basin: pros and cons

Julian David Hunt^*, Giacomo Falchetta, Simon Parkinson, Adriano Vinca, Behnam Zakeri, Edward Byers, Jakub Jurasz, Emanuele Quaranta, Emmanuel Grenier, Amaro Olímpio Pereira Junior, Paulo Sergio Franco Barbosa, Roberto Brandão, Nivalde José de Castro, Paulo Smith Schneider, Lara Werncke Vieira, Andreas Nascimento, Yoshihide Wada

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The Indus basin has a large hydropower untapped potential for electricity generation and to regulate the Indus river flow, which could reduce flooding events and provide water supply during drought periods. In this paper, a computational module is developed to localize potential sites for hydropower generation and seasonal pumped hydropower storage (SPHS). The levelized costs for hydropower generation in the basin with conventional dams are as low as 12 USD/MWh, the cost of energy storage is 1 USD/MWh. In case of SPHS plants, the cost of energy storage is 2 USD/MWh. It can be concluded that the conventional hydropower potential is, for the moment, less expensive than SPHS, but its potential in the Indus basin is limited to 26 GW with hydropower costs below 50 USD/MWh and its reservoirs have a short lifetime due to the high sedimentation rates of the basin. SPHS would be an interesting alternative to complement the hydropower potential adding long-term water and energy storage with fewer sediments, social and environmental impacts. Given that the region has the highest potential and lowest costs for SPHS in the world, it could become a major player on seasonal and pluri-annual energy storage in Asia and globally.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	102916
Tidsskrift	Journal of Energy Storage
Vol/bind	41
ISSN	2352-152X
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.102916
Status	Udgivet - sep. 2021

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We would like to thank for the funding from the IS-WEL (GEF and UNIDO). This research was also funded by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the Financier of Studies and Projects (FINEP) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) through the ANP Human Resources Program for the Oil and Gas Sector Gas - PRH-ANP / MCTI, in particular PRH-ANP 53.1 UFES, for all the financial support received through the grant.

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Hunt, J. D., Falchetta, G., Parkinson, S., Vinca, A., Zakeri, B., Byers, E., Jurasz, J., Quaranta, E., Grenier, E., Pereira Junior, A. O., Barbosa, P. S. F., Brandão, R., de Castro, N. J., Schneider, P. S., Vieira, L. W., Nascimento, A., & Wada, Y. (2021). Hydropower and seasonal pumped hydropower storage in the Indus basin: pros and cons. Journal of Energy Storage, 41, Artikel 102916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.102916

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