Assessment of the European potential for pumped hydropower energy storage based on two existing reservoirs

Renewable Energy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 856-868

  Gimeno Gutiérrez, Marcos ^a   Lacal Arántegui, Roberto ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; GIS; Potential; Pumped hydropower storage

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRICITY SYSTEM; EUROPE; EXISTING CAPACITY; HYDROPOWER ENERGY; POTENTIAL; PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; VARIABLE RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PUMPING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESERVOIR; STORAGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84910607827     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.10.068     Document Type: Article

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