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    Project entry 2014 North America – Machine Landscape: Coal mining sites for hydro-pump electricity storage, Greene County, PA, USA

    The key concept of the proposal is to utilize abandoned or soon to be abandoned underground coal mining sites as potential site to install hydro-pump electricity storage system. The project intends to emphasize the dual function of land, acting as a machine=power generator and simultaneously be an accessible destination for people. From both perspective of “landscape” and “infrastructure”, the project explores the boundary of the two and attempts to juxtapose them with elaborated spatial design.

The project foregrounds the need to promote renewable energy production in the United States and specifically proposes to utilize abandoned underground coal mining sites for hydro-pump electricity storage in Greene County, Pennsylvania.

Last updated: September 24, 2015

The project foregrounds the need to promote renewable energy production in the United States and specifically proposes to utilize abandoned underground coal mining sites for hydro-pump electricity storage in Greene County, Pennsylvania.

The water collected in the subterranean caverns comprises a form of embedded energy that can be easily harnessed by using time-honored methods of hydroelectric power generation.