1. Source: www.lasprovincias.es Results for the European PHS potential. A GIS based study Marcos Gimeno-Gutiérrez Roberto Lacal-Arántegui

2. 2 Background RE goals (20% by 2020) require interconnections, energy storage, flexible generation and demand-side management. Pumped hydropower storage (PHS) is the only storage that can contribute significantly to the 2020 goals. There were no other previous studies assessing the European PHS potential.

3. 3 ASSETS assessment of the European PHS potential. Define a GIS-based methodology (2011) Validate it with industry and academia (workshop April 2012) JRC Improvements Application to assess the European potential Objective

4. 4 Improvements on the JRC/UCC model DescriptionOriginal T1Current T1Original T2Current T2 Maximum distance between two existing or one existing and any prospective reservoirs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-km1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20-km1, 2, 3, 4, 5-km1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20-km Minimum head150 m 150m generally, 50m added at 5km Assumed minimum new reservoir capacity 1 000 000 m 3 100 000 m 3 1 000 000 m 3 100 000 m 3 Minimum distance to UNESCO site5 km500 m5 km500 m Maximum distance to electricity transmission network 50 km20 km50 km20 km

5. 5 Sites with largest energy storage potential How the model worksSites in 5-km scenario

6. 6 Best sites within 5 kmHow the model works

7. 7 Results Contains: Complete assessment of potential sites, for both T1 and T2 With results for 31 European countries from an improved model Support to decision making

8. 8 Countries analysed EU Member States (EU) Austria (AT)Belgium (BE)Bulgaria (BG)Cyprus (CY)Sweden (SE)Czech Republic (CZ)Spain (ES) France (FR)Ireland (IE)Romania (RO)Poland (PL)Germany (DE)Hungary (HU)Italy (IT) Portugal (PT)Greece (GR)Slovakia (SK)Slovenia (SI)Finland (FI)United Kingdom (UK) Acceding country (AC) Croatia (HR) EFTA Members Norway (NO)Switzerland (CH) Candidate countries (CC) Iceland (IS)Serbia (RS)Turkey (TR)FYROM (MK)Montenegro (ME) Potential candidates (PC) Albania (AL)Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)Kosovo * (XK)

9. 9 Topology 1 T1 theoretical potential Scenario20 km10 km5 km3 km2 km1 km No. of sites 8 2681 779 387141525 Potential energy storage (TWh)54.318.000.830.310.100.004 Topology 1

10. 10 Topology 1 T1 realisable potential Scenario20 km10 km5 km3 km2 km1 km No. of sites3 229538993281 Potential energy storage (TWh)28.631.320.200.070.030.003 Topology 1

11. 11 Topology 1 Topology 2 T2 theoretical potential Scenario20 km10 km5 km3 km2 km1 km No. of sites4 8834 0672 7371 59577682 Potential energy storage (TWh)122.8751.0915.317.983.110.37

12. 12 Topology 1 Topology 2 T2 realisable potential Scenario20 km10 km5 km3 km2 km1 km No. of sites4,6033,4282,0251,07148545 Potential energy storage (TWh)79.7633.3210.214.721.890.18

13. 13 Existing vs. potential capacity

14. 14 European PHS potential

15. 15 European PHS potential

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