3/10/17
by News Department on 03/10/17Hydro-Power coming to Shenandoah...
A Doylestown company has filed a preliminary permit application with the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of a pumped-storage hydroelectric project near Shenandoah in East Union Township.
According to the Republican Herald, Merchant Hydro Developers LLC filed an application for the permit with DOE’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Dec. 19, 2016, for what is identified as the Rattlin Run Pumped Storage Hydro Project.
According to the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy website, pumped-storage hydropower is a type of hydropower that works like a battery, pumping water from a lower reservoir to an upper reservoir for storage and later generation.
At the current time, the project is in the study stage.
