Mine Water for the Generation and Storage of Renewable Energy
A Hybrid Hydro–Wind System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15501494 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Héctor Álvarez (0000-0002-0739-8053, Universidad de Oviedo), Guillermo Dominguez (0000-0001-9528-2255, SADIM Engineering, 33900 Ciano, Spain), Almudena Ordóñez (0000-0002-0055-1828, Universidad de Oviedo, corresponding author), Javier Menéndez (0000-0001-8181-4054, SADIM Engineering, 33900 Ciano, Spain), Rodrigo Álvarez (0009-0005-0711-2317, Universidad de Oviedo), Jorge Loredo (0000-0001-5381-7100, Universidad de Oviedo) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 6758-6758 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18136758 |
| PMID | 34201766 |
| OpenAlex | W3174470686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
Mine water is normally considered as waste that has to be managed. However, new applications are increasingly being sought for the water that floods mining voids, especially in relation to its use as an energy resource. The worldwide energy market, within the current transition framework, is searching for creative approaches to produce and store clean energy. In particular, underground pumped hydroelectric energy storage systems (UPHS) constitute efficient and flexible alternatives to deal with intermittent renewable energy sources. In this work, a UPHS is designed using the mine water and the voids of a closed coal mine in Asturias (North-west Spain) as a lower reservoir. Moreover, this system is combined with a wind energy generation facility and the efficiency of the hybrid system is evaluated. With an investment cost of EUR 193 M, a 40 MW UPHES joined to a 60 MW wind farm would generate benefits of about EUR 54 M in 40 years. The reduction in CO 2 emissions (29,000 equivalent tons per year) and the social benefits in a traditional mining area are other intangible advantages of this system
Coal · Coal mining · Distributed generation · Electricity generation · Energy storage · Environmental economics · Hydroelectricity · Pumped-storage hydroelectricity · Renewable energy · Resource (disambiguation · Waste management · Wind power · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Science · Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems · Mine drainage and remediation techniques · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies · Environmental Engineering
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |