The journey to decarbonize the global electric power system can get a large boost with a single step … aiding and supporting hydropower development and hydroelectric power as an enabler of intermittent renewables. As Masood Ahmad led with, “Hydropower can punch way higher than its weight” in the global decarbonization journey. The three expert panelists James Barry, general counsel for Gravity Renewables Inc. and included Mucun Sun, power system research engineer in the energy systems group at Idaho National Laboratory. Sun reported on research work at INL on how hydropower can be hybridized through pairing with solar, wind and even batteries to smooth out dispatchable generation. And the panelists touched on the significant potential for pumped storage hydropower, which they called 50-year assets.

Source: Punch July 19, 2024 08:12 UTC