SMARTWATER

Objective of the project

The SMARTWATER project generated some investigation tools to assess the feasibility of the rehabilitation of end-of-life quarries and mines into medium-sized Pump Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) units. The project implemented a holistic approach encompassing legal, environmental, economic, hydraulic, electro-mechanical, and geological aspects. The reservoir capacity and hydraulic head of most of the sites under consideration are around a few hundreds of thousand cubic meters and a few dozen meters respectively. Economic feasibility included assessment of the cost reduction opportunities offered by such site configurations (widespread in Wallonia) and the exploration of innovative multi-service (DSO and TSO) exploitation strategies in the context of an increasing intermittent production.

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Applications

Energy storage

Coordinator

• Multitel

Partners

• Ecorem
• Engie Electrabel
• Engie Fabricom
• Engie Laborelec
• IDETA
• ISSEP
• UCL ( CEREM)
• ULB ( ATM)
• ULiège ( HECE, HGE, GGI)
• UMons ( GELE, GEO)