The
cornerstone
of
the
eStorage
project
–
being
run
by
French
power
group
Alstom;
Belgian
transmission
system
operator
Elia;
French
utility
EDF,
UK
university
Imperial
College;
Norwegian
certification
body
DNV
Kema;
and
French
management
consultancy
Algoé
–
will
be
upgrading
Le
Cheylas
pumped-storage
hydroelectric
plant
to
handle
“several
hundred
megawatts”
of
incoming
renewable
generation.
The
consortium
will
also
develop
solutions
using
advanced
energy
and
market-management
systems
to
couple
the
dispatch
of
storage
plants
with
renewable
generation,
to
make
it
possible
for
pumped
hydro
to
help
balance
market
supply
and
demand.
Pumped-hydro
plants
–
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