Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Station
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The Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric power station
near Huizhou
in Guangdong province
, China
. It contains 8 pump-generators that total a 2,400 MW installed capacity. Initial units went online between 2007 and 2008, and the power station was complete on June 15, 2011.
The power station is supplied with water by an upper reservoir which is created by two dams. The main dam is a 56 m (183.7 ft) tall and 156 m (511.8 ft) long roller compacted concrete (RCC) dam. The second, auxiliary, dam is 14 m (45.9 ft) high and 133 m (436.4 ft) long. Once water from the upper reservoir is transferred through the power station, which is located 420 m (1,378 ft) underground, and electricity produced, it discharges to a lower reservoir
. This lower reservoir is created by a single 61 m (200.1 ft) tall 420 m (1,378 ft) tall RCC dam. The water can then be pumped by the generators back into the upper reservoir for reuse.
Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
near Huizhou
Huizhou
Huizhou , historically known as Waichow, is a city located in central Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Part of the Pearl River Delta, Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, Shenzhen...
in Guangdong province
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
, China
China
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. It contains 8 pump-generators that total a 2,400 MW installed capacity. Initial units went online between 2007 and 2008, and the power station was complete on June 15, 2011.
The power station is supplied with water by an upper reservoir which is created by two dams. The main dam is a 56 m (183.7 ft) tall and 156 m (511.8 ft) long roller compacted concrete (RCC) dam. The second, auxiliary, dam is 14 m (45.9 ft) high and 133 m (436.4 ft) long. Once water from the upper reservoir is transferred through the power station, which is located 420 m (1,378 ft) underground, and electricity produced, it discharges to a lower reservoir
Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
. This lower reservoir is created by a single 61 m (200.1 ft) tall 420 m (1,378 ft) tall RCC dam. The water can then be pumped by the generators back into the upper reservoir for reuse.