{"id":205,"date":"2011-09-28T14:16:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T19:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenbugenergy.com\/?p=205"},"modified":"2022-05-30T11:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:34:26","slug":"types-of-hydro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenbugenergy.com\/get-educated-knowledge\/types-of-hydro","title":{"rendered":"Types of hydro power"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"205\" class=\"elementor elementor-205\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48ead19b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48ead19b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-788a82b5\" data-id=\"788a82b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2944f755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2944f755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Understanding the types of hydro power \u2013 pumped storage, impoundment, diversion, are all types of hydro power.<\/h3><h4>Impoundment or Storage Systems<\/h4><p>Impoundment power plants are the most common and are typically large. They use a dam to store river water in a reservoir and water is released from the reservoir to flow through a turbine(s) which turns a generator to produce electricity. The water level behind the dam can be managed to either maintain a constant reservoir level or released to meet changing electrical needs.<\/p><p>These types of plants have enough storage capacity to off set seasonal fluctuations in water flow and usually that water storage capacity is used to provide a constant supply of electricity throughout the year.<\/p><h4>Diversion or Run of River Systems<\/h4><p>A Diversion system is the same as a Run of River system. It may or may not require the use of a dam. A portion of the river is channeled through a canal or penstock to a turbine. Natural water flows are not managed. These hydro systems use little, if any, stored water to provide flow to the turbine.<\/p><p>Although some plants have a small water storage capacity of a day or week&#8217;s worth, weather and seasonal changes cause these plants to experience significant fluctuations in power output.<\/p><h4>]Pumped Storage System<\/h4><p>Pumped storage systems are not conventional hydro plants. Essentially the way these systems work is that when electricity prices are cheap, water is pumped up into a storage reservoir of some type and when the price is high it is released to generate electricity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the types of hydro power \u2013 impoundment, diversion, pumped storage&#8230; we\u2019ll explain them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,86],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Types of hydro power - GreenBug Energy - micro hydro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Understanding the types of hydro power \u2013 impoundment, diversion, pumped storage... we\u2019ll explain them.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenbugenergy.com\/get-educated-knowledge\/types-of-hydro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Types of hydro power - 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