C2.05 - Pumped Storage Hydropower to Harness Excess Solar Power
Creating a natural battery with potential energy.
Sponsor: Ingram School of Engineering
Student Team: Logan Kuk, Gabrielle Nguyen, Enrique Trevino, Cade Wilson
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Felipe Gutierrez
Renewable energy sources can have great variability in power generation, which is often channeled into environmentally intensive lithium batteries that degrade over time. This project aims to offset some of the demand for lithium batteries by storing excess energy generated by solar panels as potential energy in high head water for later use as hydropower, essentially creating a natural battery. The capacity of the hydraulic battery will be at least 50 megawatt-hours (MWh), which can support 15,000-25,000 households or power the Tesla Model 3 for 150,000-200,00 miles.
C2.05 Presentation
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C2.05 Poster Pitch
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Team Contact Information
Team Project Manager: Gabrielle Nguyen, yyg27@txstate.edu
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Felipe Gutierrez, wgy8@txstate.edu
Let us know what you think! You can evaluate our project here: C2.05 Evaluation Form