| The World’s Pumped Storage Plants
Plant turbine
operation: Max total discharge (m3/s)
60 87 48 -
174 288
Plant turbine
operation: Max head (m)
353 354 676 -
250 250
- -
- - -
- -
-
Plant turbine
operation: Speed (rev/ min)
500 375 750 - - -
- - -
- -
Plant
pumping operation: Max total
rating now (MW)
41
260 240 -
474 690
- Plant
pumping operation: Max total rating planned (MW)
- - -
- Plant
pumping operation: Max total discharge (m3/s)
10 75 36 - - -
13.3 42.6
--- 9.4 - -
72 160 157 676.8
- -
- -
- -
375 -
- -
- - -
- - -
- -
880
- -
- -
Plant
pumping operation: Max head (m)
353 353 676 -
250 275
------ 41 -
-
-- - -
-
24 25 4
36 129
748 701
- Plant
pumping operation: Speed (rev/ min)
500 375 750 - - -
- -
- - - - -
- -
Storage cycle
a a a - - -
- -
d d d d -
- w
- -
200
- -
- -
Manufacturer(s) of hydraulic machinery
SEW VG Owner -
VG SM Vorarlberger Illwerke VG n/a VG VG
Verbund-AHP -
Electrabel Electrabel
AE n/a
n/a
VG MP VG VG
CKD
--------- n/a -
--------- n/a --------- n/a - -
891
--------- n/a 21.4
92.3 295 - 1028 21.4 92.3 d
--------- n/a --- 4
--------- n/a -
- - - - - 195 - - --------- n/a
--------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a - -
- -
- -
-
- -
- -
-
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
-
- -
- -
-
- -
- -
-
- -
- -
-
--------- n/a --------- n/a - -
--------- n/a -
26 64 250 13 13 23 59 250 d 289
--------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a 536
500 326 1304 240 550 500
--------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a
CKD T
n/a n/a
EE N - ---- n/a n/a -
JP Elektroprivreda - - - - - - - - - -
TC Energy
Northland Power - -
- - -
State Grid Xinyuan Co
State Grid Henan Baoquan Pumped Storage Co
n/a Andritz
n/a n/a
n/a F
d/w N AJ SEW
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