KALAYAAN PUMP-STORAGE HYDROPOWER PROJECT, KALAYAAN, LAGUNA, PH, 1977-1981 Foundation Specialists International LTD started activities in the Philippines in June 1977 with the National Powers Project Kalayaan Hydropower, the first of its kind in the whole of Asia, designed to operate with Reversible Pump Turbines, to produce electricity during the pick hours of the day by usinf the water from Caliraya Lake, and Pumping Back water to Caliraya lake from Laguna de Baye during the night, thus storing energy. To explain the economic advantage of the scheme, Electric Pawer price is high during pick demand hours (10AM to 5 PM, and very low during night-time when demand is very low. The Pump-Storage Scheme is a simple and efficient way of storing energy at low cost and then reselling that stored energy during pick hours demand. Another advantage of that way to store energy is that, thermal plants do not need to shut-down at nigh because of no demand and avoid time consuming and costly morning Restarts, on top of it, when Electric Poer is demanded by the grid, Hydroelectric power can be produced in minutes, by just opening the gates and letting water thru the Turbines, While a Thermal Plant after shut-down needs hours to restart. The Kalayaan Power Plant was Financed by Italy, Designed and supplied by a Consortium of Italian Industries. Foundation Specialists International Ltd. among others, provided the Management of the whole Project, under the name of Coordinator’s Office.

KALAYAAN PUMP STORAGE PLANT

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