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Bad Creek Generating Station is a 1,065-megawatt pumped storage facility located in Oconee County, eight miles north of Salem, South Carolina. Owned by Duke Power, Duke Energy६ectric utility, the four-unit station began generating electricity in 1991. Bad Creek is named for the two streams, Bad Creek and West Bad Creek, that were dammed to create the Bad Creek reservoir.
Water stored in a lake is released into underground power tunnels. The water rushes down the tunnels, driving huge turbines, which are underground at the base of a dam. The spinning turbines are connected to large generators, which produce the electricity. The water then flows through draft tubes into a lower lake. A pumped-storage hydroelectric station uses the same water over and over again, making more efficient use of water resources. silver ultra thin watch plate steel IW503501, night GMT Master II blue disk steel IW503502; red AT8500 orange second hand gold plated face plate IW503504. They are pretty but the dazzling star is the steel / blue combination - When demand for electricity is low, operators can refill the lake, as if they were 壨argingᠢattery. Using power from other generating stations the generators act as electric motors spinning the huge turbines backward. This pumps water back up the power tunnels into the upper lake. Water is generally pumped back to the upper reservoir at night and on weekends. |