The Nant De Drance pumped storage station - a large underground power station in the Valais Alps / Pumpspeicherwerk Nant De Drance - ein großes unterirdisches Wasserkraftwerk in den Walliser Alpen
Author(s): |
Gérard Seingre
Thomas Ihly Hans Rudolf Frei |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2011, n. 6, v. 4 |
Page(s): | 627-642 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201100048 |
Abstract: |
As the demand for electrical energy in Europe is constantly increasing, particularly at peak times, the pumped storage power station under construction at Nant de Drance in the canton of Valais has assumed a central position in the new Swiss energy policy. This power station represents an ideal means of storing large quantities of energy, which is generated more and more from wind and solar with their unreliable delivery dependent on meteorological conditions. |
Keywords: |
intake structures pressure tunnel headrace tunnel headwater system site facilities pressure shafts machine cavern headwater tunnel access tunnels
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Available from: | Refer to publisher |
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