Flowserve Corporation has won a contract to supply its vertical turbine pumps to McMillen Jacobs Associates for its design, engineering and construction services on the West Kauai Energy Project (WKEP), a renewable energy and irrigation project in Hawaii.
Flowserve vertical turbine pumps will enable the engineering design of the hydropower and pumped storage components of the project. Upon WKEP’s completion, the project is expected to equip Kauai with 25 percent of its electricity needs. Specifically, the pumped hydropower will provide twelve hours of daily storage – a significant improvement to the standard storage from existing solar battery facilities which provide up to only five hours.