The project aims to fast-track Carrizo PSH licensing and permitting by conducting market analysis, geotechnical site investigations, tunneling and excavation planning, environmental permitting, and interconnection feasibility studies.
Project Tasks Design
1. Investment Risk Reduction
- Conduct geotechnical site investigation.
- Evaluation of reservoir and abutment integrity.
- Tunneling and excavation planning.
- Preliminary powerhouse design.
- Transmission feasibility study.
2. Project Tasks to Mitigate Market Uncertainties
- Analyze the revenue potential and market impact of Carrizo PSH in the WECC region using market simulation tools.
- Optimize the configuration of turbine technologies.
3. Value Proposition
- Analyze transmission benefits of dual functions of Carrizo PSH.
- Evaluate Carrizo PSH’s impact on system reliability and resilience under various scenarios, including extreme weather events.
- Assess how Carrizo PSH can mitigate the variability and uncertainty of renewable energy and integrate renewable in the Navajo Nation.
4. Licensing and Permitting Studies
- Interconnection studies.
- Environmental impact studies.
- Water right and management.
- Land security.
- Historic and cultural preservation.