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Annual Hydropower Market and Trends Report
Lead Companies
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Lead Researcher (s)
- Rocio Uria Martinez (uriamartiner@ornl.gov)
This project informs the Water Power Technologies Office's research and development planning and provides stakeholders with comprehensive and up-to-date data and analysis on U.S hydropower and pumped storage hydropower assets and industry trends. The main deliverable from this project is the U.S. Hydropower Market Report (HMR) which is intended to be a foundational reference publication on U.S. hydropower development, performance, and supply chain trends for industry and other stakeholders such as other federal partners and policymakers. Technology Application
Conventional Hydro, Pumped Storage
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Markets
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
Cost Data Collection and Modeling for Hydropower
Lead Companies
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Lead Researcher (s)
- Gbadebo Oladosu (oladosuga@ornl.gov)
This project encompasses the data collection, modeling, and analysis of the costs and performance of hydropower plants in U.S. markets. The project and associated activities are essential to provide necessary capabilities for DOE and other stakeholders to track and quantify the impacts of research activities on the economic competitiveness of hydropower technologies. Thus, the three core aspects of the project are 1. Information gathering and analysis to support the identification and justification of high-impact R&D efforts 2. Provide data on national-scale hydropower costs and performance for use by research organizations and policymakers 3. Provide a vehicle by which DOE WPTO can track and communicate the impact of R&D investments.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Markets
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Pumped Storage
Development of Long-Duration Energy Storage in Electric Power Systems
Lead Companies
EPRI
Lead Researcher (s)
- Joe Stekli
Energy storage is a topic of increasing interest for purposes of decarbonization of the electric power system, and in particular to address integration of increasing quantities of variable energy resources, such as wind and solar PV. A growing focus of decarbonization analyses is the need for new long-duration storage and the potential change in operations of existing pumped storage hydropower. A limitation of much of the analysis on this topic to date has been the limited consideration of how the economic value of long-duration storage will be affected by the large deployments of short-duration energy storage, primarily lithium-ion BESS, which are currently receiving state policy support (through mandates or financial incentives) or are otherwise expected to enter the market based upon increasingly favorable economics.. The contribution of this article is to review the literature on this topic, update some simulation results, and help to advance the methodological questions which need to be addressed in subsequent simulation studies. The article examines each of the major components of potential long-duration storage value, including energy time-shift, different ancillary services, and Resource Adequacy (RA) capacity. It also draws attention to how state policies, resource planning methods, and market structure and regulatory factors can influence selection of different types of energy storage, whether short- or long-duration.
Technology Application
Pumped Storage
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Markets
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Electricity Market Design in Zero Marginal Cost Systems–Experiences and Insights for Hydropower in the United States and Norway [HydroWIRES]
Lead Companies
ANL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Audun Botterud, abotterud@anl.gov
The overall goal of this project is to provide insights to market design changes that will smoothen the transition to a decarbonized power system. To obtain these insights, this project will analyze the market design initiatives in the U.S. and Norway. Since hydropower is a likely to be a strong driver of price formation in zero marginal cost systems, the team will focus on areas with high penetrations of hydropower and renewables to identify best practices to that will guide future collaborations. The final deliverable will be a whitepaper on the efficacy of different market design measures in future decarbonized systems. This work will be pursued under the framework of DOE’s memorandum of understanding with Norway’s Royal Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Markets
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Pumped Storage
Energy Storage Technology and Cost Characterization Report [HydroWIRES]
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Vincent Sprenkle, Vincent.sprenkle@pnnl.gov
As part of the “Valuation Guidance and Techno-Economic Studies for Pumped Storage Hydropower” project, this report defines and evaluates cost and performance parameters of six battery energy storage system (BESS) technologies and four non-BESS storage technologies. Data for combustion turbines are also presented. Cost information was procured for the most recent year for which data were available based on an extensive literature review, conversations with vendors and stakeholders, and summaries of actual costs provided from specific projects at sites across the United States. Detailed cost and performance estimates were presented for 2018 and projected out to 2025. Technology Application
Pumped Storage
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Markets
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
Hydro+Storage: Accelerating Industry Deployment of Hydropower Hybrids [HydroWIRES]
Lead Companies
INL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Thomas Mosier, Thomas.mosier@inl.gov
This project seeks to develop tools and tactics that will advise current and future hydropower hybridization efforts. Hydropower hybrids—or the combined operation of hydropower with other energy generation or storage technologies—have the potential to increase value for hydropower owners while also leveraging hydropower’s non-power benefits. The project team aims to provide deployable solutions to accelerate the potential of hydro-storage hybrids. Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Markets
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
- Pumped Storage
Modeling and Optimizing Pumped Storage in a Multi-stage Large Scale Electricity Market under Portfolio Evolution [HydroWIRES]
Lead Companies
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Lead Researcher (s)
- Rui Bo, rbo@mst.edu
PSH plants have been traditionally designed and used for large scale, daily energy arbitrage, but technological developments and changes to grid needs are making flexible operation more prevalent. Market participation models for PSH have not kept up with these changes, which means that the range of energy and ancillary services that PSH plants can provide are not being optimally allocated. The proposed work aims to develop a prototype enhanced PSH model for incorporation into MISO’s multi-stage market clearing process with proper consideration of the unique characteristics of PSH. Technology Application
Pumped Storage
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Markets
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
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