The Gianelli Power Plant, also known as the San Luis Power Plant, is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant that is at the base of the San Luis Dam in California. During the wet season, turbines pump water from the O'Neill Forebay into the reservoir, then when needed during the irrigation season, water flows from the reservoir back through the turbines and generates electricity.[4] This is an unusual use of pumped storage where the intention is to capture irrigation water not to store power. Storage capacity delivers up to 298 hours of generation at full power.
^"Powerplant details — San Luis (William R. Gianelli) Powerplant". United States Bureau of Reclamation. 16 Dec 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ ab"San Luis (William R. Gianelli) Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Powerplant". DOE Global Energy Storage Database. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ abc"Mapping drought's impact on electricity generation". 7 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
gianelli, power, plant, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, avail. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Gianelli Power Plant also known as the San Luis Power Plant is a pumped storage hydroelectric plant that is at the base of the San Luis Dam in California During the wet season turbines pump water from the O Neill Forebay into the reservoir then when needed during the irrigation season water flows from the reservoir back through the turbines and generates electricity 4 This is an unusual use of pumped storage where the intention is to capture irrigation water not to store power Storage capacity delivers up to 298 hours of generation at full power Gianelli Power Plant 1 Aerial photograph of the San Luis William R Gianelli Power plant CountryUnited StatesLocationMerced County CaliforniaCoordinates37 03 33 N 121 04 29 W 37 05917 N 121 07472 W 37 05917 121 07472StatusOperationalOpening dateJune 3 1960 1960 06 03 Owner s State of CaliforniaOperator s United States Bureau of ReclamationUpper reservoirCreatesO Neill ForebayTotal capacity56 400 acre feetLower reservoirCreatesSan Luis ReservoirTotal capacity2 041 000 acre feetPower StationHydraulic head290 feetPump generators8Installed capacity424 MW 2 Storage capacity126 352 MW h 2 Annual generation123 48 GW h 2009 3 311 54 GW h 2012 3 111 80 GW h 2014 3 Websiteusbr govReferences edit Powerplant details San Luis William R Gianelli Powerplant United States Bureau of Reclamation 16 Dec 2013 Retrieved 30 May 2016 a b San Luis William R Gianelli Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Powerplant DOE Global Energy Storage Database 12 April 2013 Retrieved 30 May 2016 a b c Mapping drought s impact on electricity generation 7 July 2015 Retrieved 10 August 2016 DOE Global Energy Storage Database This article about a United States power station is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gianelli Power Plant amp oldid 1152907980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
