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Relation Pumped-Storage in the Pacific Northwest
Date 2005-05-10 to 2005-05-25
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Description Source of Energy. It was assumed that low-cost, off-peak energy would be available from thermal plants. The Pacific Northwest is now undergoing a transition from an almost exclusively hydroelectric power system to a hydrothermal system. Until just recently the region had only one thermal plant of significant size—the 800 mw Hanford Nuclear Steam Plant. However, to meet increasing energy demands, the region's utilities have embarked upon a program for constructing large base-load...
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