The Pumped Storage Hydroelectric:
a giant battery of power generation
Energy context
in Brazil
The development of the world economy is increasingly based on renewable energies.
The important and growing share of intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar,
in the national and global energy matrix, generated a demand for energy storage technologies to
ensure greater security and reliability in the matrix.
Pumped storage plants or reversible hydroelectric plants are the most consolidated storage system
in the world.
Mission
Develop energy storage solutions that bring reliability and predictability to the Brazilian Electric System and facilitate the use of wind and solar renewable sources.
Vision
To be a pioneer in the implementation of Pumped Storage Plants, an innovative solution to the challenges of
Reliability and Operational Safety of the Brazilian Electric System.
Values
Create and develop energy storage projects, with efficiency, productivity, and safety, always focusing
on the tripod of the environment, sustainability and social responsibility, and the preparation of
projects and their implementations.
Energy potential in Brazil
The growth of electricity demand in Brazil, according to the Decennial Energy Expansion Plan - PDE 2031 is 3.4% per year (CAGR 2021 to 2031), from 80 thousand MWmedia to 140 thousand MWmedia.
The growth of the generation of uncontrollable intermittent renewable sources, considering wind (EOL), photovoltaic (UFV) and distributes micro and mini generation (MMGD), is increasing from 32 MW to 70 MW in this same period. Opportunity identified by H2Way Power generation from intermittent sources
Every day, for a few hours, the wind and solar generations of the Northeast are turned off, because the energy supply exceeds the demand.
Even with the 2021 water crisis, the Northeast shut down more than 600 MW of wind farms at the height of the dry season, from July to September.
In these situations, energy storage could reduce the volume of these cuts, absorbing excess generation, with the subsequent return of stored energy to the system.
Opportunity identified by H2Way
Power generation from intermittent sources
Every day, for a few hours, wind and solar generations in the Northeast are turned off, as energy supply exceeds demand.
Even with the 2021 water crisis, the Northeast disconnected more than 600 MW of wind farms at the height of the dry period, from July to September.
In these situations, energy storage could reduce the volume of these cuts, absorbing excess generation, with the subsequent return of the stored energy to the system.
The H2Way solution
The growing participation of intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, in the national and global energy matrix, generated a demand for energy storage technologies to guarantee greater security and reliability to the System.
The environmentally correct solution to intermittency is the storage of renewable energy, when there is excess for use, when necessary for the production of existing solar projects and those being implemented in the state of Minas Gerais, and wind farms throughout the Brazilian northeast.
Anticipating the growing need for energy storage in the electricity sector, H2Way developed a portfolio of Pumped Storage Plant projects in the southeastern region of Brazil.
Storage through these “water batteries” is a solution widely used around the world, but innovative on the national scene.
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About us
The H2Way team is composed of a unique team of professionals with extensive experience in the Brazilian electricity sector, with more than 4 decades of experience in projects and implementation of hydroelectric projects and high-power transmission and distribution systems in various regions o the country and abroad.
David Pulino
Sergio Solino Ramos
Cyro Boccuzzi
Armando Bueno
Adalberto Diogo de Oliveira
Luiz Augusto Barcellos Almeida
