Storage power plant © Siemens Stiftung 2018 CC BY-SA 4.0 international

Storage power plant

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Operating principle of a storage power plant

Available in: English, Spanish (CREA), German
Type of media: Image (98.4 kByte)
Last update: 2018-11-28
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This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 international license.

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Content package for interactive whiteboards (ES): Electricity from renewable energy sources
Description:
In a storage power plant, naturally flowing water is dammed up by means of an artificial reservoir and stored for times of peak demand. The accumulated water is then fed to the turbines of the low-lying power plant via penstocks. All the potential energy of the water in the storage reservoir is thus an energy store for times of peak demand. Smaller storage power plants use Pelton turbines, while large storage power plants (high pressure and large volume of water) use Francis turbines.
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Learning resource type:
Illustration
Subjects:
Geography; Personal, social and health education (PSHE); Physics; Technology
Grade levels:
Grade 1 to 4; Grade 5 to 6; Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
School types:
Elementary school; Middle/high school; Vocational training
Keywords:
Ecology; Environmental change; Environmental protection; Hydroelectric plant; Power generation; Renewable energy; Turbine; Electric power generation; Impact on landscape
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Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
MediaHouse GmbH
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© Siemens Stiftung 2018
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