The proposed hydro energy storage facility at the San Vicente Reservoir could generate enough energy for about 135,000 households.
SAN DIEGO — The City of San Diego and the San Diego County Water Authority are planning to develop the San Vicente Energy Storage Facility Project.
The proposed hydro energy storage facility at the San Vicente Reservoir could generate enough energy for about 135,000 households.
How it works is the project would create a small upper reservoir above the existing, city-owned San Vicente reservoir. They’d be connected by a tunnel system and an underground powerhouse.
Water from the bottom would then be pumped up to the smaller reservoir where it’d be stored and eventually released back…