Hydroelectric power plant - Australia's new 'green' technology

According to researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), a hydroelectric power plant built by pumping (or a hydroelectric power plant), can help Australia become a completely green energy user. ".

The hydroelectric power plant does not produce additional electricity but only contributes to regulating the amount of electricity according to the changing demand for electricity (load) during the day between peaks (day and evening) with low peaks ( night).

Currently, renewable energy accounts for only about 15% of Australia's electricity, while nearly 70% of electricity is produced from coal-fired thermal power plants.

Hydropower plants will have a small impact on the environment and need "little water".

However, according to Professor Andrew Blakers of ANU, a hydroelectric power plant - along with wind and solar energy today - can turn Australia into a "green nation".

Professor Blakers said most of the gas and coal-fired power plants will be closed within the next 15 years, and the technology of the hydropower plant is likely to have cheaper water costs than coal and gas power plants. burning.

Meanwhile, Professor Matthew Stocks said that hydroelectric power plants will have a very small impact on the environment and need "less water" than the energy generated from fossil fuels.

Currently, Australia has only three hydroelectric power plants. The advantage of this plant model is that it can regulate the amount of electricity according to market demand, thereby creating more flexibility to supply the national electricity market.

Accordingly, ANU believes there will be hundreds of facilities that this hydroelectric technology can be utilized, with hills and mountains stretching from Northern Queensland down to South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.