The technical feasibility of building a pumped-storage power plant to cover consumption peaks in the electrical loads for a metallurgical plant

For a large industrial enterprise, special attention should be paid to the electrical loads, which vary on daily, monthly, and yearly scales and which are influenced by a large variety of factors. This paper presents an assessment of the possibility of erecting a hydro-storage power plant to cover consumption peaks during daytime hours at a metallurgical enterprise. The initial information is the total capacity of the plant’s generation sources, an analysis of power consumption schedules, a map of the area, the location of the plant, the required capacity of pumped storage, and the technical feasibility of the project. The optimal location of the facility was selected, which will reduce the cost of implementation and reduce the risks of disturbance to the current capacity balance of the power system. The preliminary assessment of the possibility and expediency of a pumped storage power station for covering daily peak loads gave positive results. An unambiguous conclusion on this issue requires a more detailed feasibility study, taking into account process-related energy losses and construction costs.