Concept to store renewable energy sources as kinetic energy.

1. Renewable Energy Recombined Hydro Kinetic Power
(Written and submitted by Daniel Phelan-6227, dphelan@forwardprinting.com)
Posit:
The creation, storage and release of electricity from renewable energy
sources will be the future of the energy industry.
Problem:
The unpredictable power generating characteristics of renewable energy
sources will require the need for new regionalized energy storage facilities.
Concept:
Build new or upgrade existing hydro kinetic power plants and use renewable
energy sources to pump the water used to generate power back to the source
of the power plants kinetic potential.
Scenarios: (See Support Doc 1, image file: RERHKP.jpg)
Coastline Scenario: (Any large body of water is a “battery” recharged by renewable energy.)
(1) Build a large water reservoir inland and under sea level to capture water piped in from
the ocean down to a pressure depth capable of generating hydro kinetic power.
(2) Build a farm of wind generators and/or photovoltaic modules around the reservoir site
out in the ocean and/or on land.
(3) Use the power generated from the renewable energy sources to pump the water in the
reservoir back to sea for use again in hydro kinetic power production or sell the power to
the grid.
Hoover Dam Upgrade: (In this scenario, Lake Mead is a “battery” recharged by renewable energy)
(1) Build a farm of wind generators and/or photovoltaic modules around Hoover Dam.
(2) Build a large water reservoir downstream of the power plant to capture the water used
to make power.
(3) Use the power generated from the renewable energy sources to pump the water back
upstream for use again in hydro kinetic power production or sell the power to the grid.
**In both scenarios excess renewable energy sold by independent operators or generating
facilities can be purchased during off-peak times allowing Recombined Hydro Kinetic
Power facilities to be grid interactive and act as ancillary or spinning reserve.

2. (Continued)
Renewable Energy Recombined Hydro Kinetic Power
(D. Phelan-6227)
Benefits:
• Eliminates the unpredictable power generating characteristics associated with renewable
energy sources such as wind and PV by storing generated power as hydro kinetic power
for use when the power grid demands it.
• Large energy companies are uniquely positioned to handle the engineering requirements
to build such a project.
• Insures economic viability of current hydro kinetic power infrastructure.
• Enhances the abilities of hydro kinetic power plants to act as “spinning reserves”, and
there by increasing the reliability of the power grid.
• Allows hydro kinetic power plants to adapt to the growing, distributed micro-generation
of electrical power from commercial and residential renewable energy systems.
• Increases the economic viability of large scale wind and solar farms.
• Could achieve profitability in less than a decade and sustain profitability throughout the
life of the power plant.
Why big energy companies are perfect this concept.
Energy companies such as ConocoPhillips are uniquely positioned by their experience,
manpower and intellectual property to take on such engineering endeavors. Simply put, who
knows better how to dig a big hole in the ground, install some big pipes and massive pumps, and
build platforms for wind turbines capable of surviving the rigors of the open sea?
Why now?
Political power and environmental concern will insure that renewable energy is here to stay and
with the price of making power with wind now competitive to coal powered plants one can see
the wind power industry quickly gaining market share. Why not build Renewable Energy
Recombined Hydro Kinetic Power Plants everywhere and make power generated from wind
turbines, and other renewable energy sources, more valuable by storing it until it is needed?
Supporting Documents:
RERHKP1.jpg – Support Doc1 - This document depicts the concept in two scenarios and includes statistics
about the construction and operation of the Hoover Dam for hypothetical comparison.
RERHKP2.jpg – Support Doc2 - This document contains statistics generated by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission for purposes of showing the construction cost comparisons of various power
generation methods and peak price per MWh, per region.
TEXTCOPY1.jpg and TEXTCOPY2.jpg - These are image versions of the original text.
Written and submitted by Daniel Phelan-6227, dphelan@forwardprinting.com