English translation: pumped storage hydro-electric power station
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Dutch to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology
Dutch term or phrase:valmeercentrale
I'm translating a document about alternative energy sources. I found a picture of what a valmeercentrale looks like, but don't know the English equivalent.
Explanation: This is the same principle as the Cruachan Power Station in Scotland. Water is pumped up to the reservoir at times of low electricity demand (using electricity from other coal or gas powered stations) and the water stored in the reservoir is used to provide power at times of high demand
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cruachan www.visitcruachan.co.uk www.scottishpower.com/CruachanVisitorCentre.asp
Explanation: This is the same principle as the Cruachan Power Station in Scotland. Water is pumped up to the reservoir at times of low electricity demand (using electricity from other coal or gas powered stations) and the water stored in the reservoir is used to provide power at times of high demand
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cruachan www.visitcruachan.co.uk www.scottishpower.com/CruachanVisitorCentre.asp
Kate Hudson Netherlands Local time: 14:17 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 23
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Did go for this one, but Siobhan's term describes what it is as well. Many thanks all.
20 mins confidence:
subsurface-lake power station
Explanation: It took me a while to get there ....
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The Energy Island designed by KEMA, Lievense and the Das brothers incorporates a new concept in
pumped hydro storage – an inverse offshore pump accumulation station (IOPAC). On the Energy Island
when there is a surplus of wind energy, the excess energy is used to pump sea water out of the interior
‘subsurface-lake’ into the surrounding sea. When there is a shortage of wind power, sea water is allowed
to flow back into the interior ‘lake’ through commercially available generators to produce energy. The
IOPAC is unique from conventional pumped hydro storage systems in that it would be stationed on an
artificial island off the Dutch coast in the North Sea and comprised of a ring of dikes surrounding a 50
meter deep reservoir. The island itself would be built from materials dredged to deepen the interior
reservoir.
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