Siah Bisheh Dam
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Siah Bisheh Dam is a hydroelectric dam and Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
station currently under construction in Iran's Mazandaran Province
with an installed electricity generating capability of 1,040 MW during peak hours. It has the capability to take in 940 MW of electricity off the grid and storing it by pumping water to a higher elevation dam from a lower elevation dam. The low cost off peak electricity is stored in this manner to be used during peak demand hours of the day. Its design aim is to lessen the need for thermal stations during peak hours thus reducing CO2 emissions. When completed in 2011, it is going to become Iran's first Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
station.
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric power generation used by some power plants for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation. Low-cost off-peak electric power is used to run the pumps...
station currently under construction in Iran's Mazandaran Province
Mazandaran Province
Mazandaran Province is a Caspian province in the north of Iran. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is bordered clockwise by the Golestan, Semnan, Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, and Gilan provinces....
with an installed electricity generating capability of 1,040 MW during peak hours. It has the capability to take in 940 MW of electricity off the grid and storing it by pumping water to a higher elevation dam from a lower elevation dam. The low cost off peak electricity is stored in this manner to be used during peak demand hours of the day. Its design aim is to lessen the need for thermal stations during peak hours thus reducing CO2 emissions. When completed in 2011, it is going to become Iran's first Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric power generation used by some power plants for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation. Low-cost off-peak electric power is used to run the pumps...
station.