Question

One major problem with wind and solar energy is that they are conditional. Explain how hydroelectric pumped storage could be used to eliminate this obstacle?

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Answer 1

These pumps allow the energy to be saved for future use, whenever the load increases.

Step-by-step explanation:

Pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) is a type of hydroelectric energy storage. It is a configuration of two water reservoirs at different elevations that can generate power (discharge) as water moves down through a turbine; this draws power as it pumps water (recharge) to the upper reservoir.

PSH capabilities can be characterized as open-loop—where there is an ongoing hydrologic connection to a natural body of water—or closed-loop, where the reservoirs are not connected to an outside body of water.

Answer 2

The wind energy and solar energy have their own benefits when producing electricity but one of their major drawbacks is that both these energy form depends on the environmental conditions and cannot be stored.

On the other hand, in hydroelectric pumped storage, water is stored in the form of gravitational potential energy. If not enough water is there to produce electricity, then this stored water can be run over turbines to produce electricity. Hence, this is one benefit of hydroelectric pumped storage over wind and solar energy.