Global Candidate Pumped Hydropower Storage Sites with Techno-Economic Attributes

Candidate pumped hydropower storage sites identified globally under environmental, hydrological, and geographic constraints. Each point includes location, energy storage capacity, installed capacity, levelized cost of storage, and system class. The dataset is associated with a manuscript published in Energy & Environmental Science and is provided by Rongrong Xu.

Use Cases

• Assess global potential for long-duration energy storage based on candidate site locations and capacities.
• Model renewable-energy grid integration scenarios based on pumped hydro storage capacity and cost metrics.
• Conduct spatial analysis for infrastructure planning based on geographic and environmental constraints.
• Screen sites for further technical and economic feasibility studies based on techno-economic attributes.

Strengths

• Includes both open-loop and closed-loop pumped hydropower storage system classes.
• Candidate sites were screened under multiple constraints including topographic suitability, water availability, and environmental exclusions.
• Dataset size is 3.4 MB, indicating a manageable download.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Practical application requires additional site-specific validation as noted by the authors.

Provenance

Source

Rongrong Xu, likely affiliated with Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech).

Collection Method

Identified through a global GIS-based screening framework.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 13:36:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global