The World’s Pumped Storage Plants | Country
France France France France France France France France France France France France France France France
France France
Germany Germany Germany
Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany
Germany
Germany Germany
Germany Germany
Germany Germany Germany
Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany
Power plant/ pumping station
Lac Noir
Le Cheylas Le Truel
Migoelou Mortézic Portillon Pouget
Pragnères Rance River Revin
Revin Auxil Sainte Croix
Super Bissorte
Vallorcine (Chatelard-) Vieux Pré
Villarodin Combe d'Avrieux
Vouglans Atdorf
Bleiloch
Dhronkraftwerk Eibele
Einsiedel Erzhausen Forbach
Geesthact Glems
Goldisthal
Happurg Häusern
Herdecke (Koepchenwerk old)
Hoellbach 3 Hohenwarte I
Hohenwarte II
Hornbergstufe (Wehr) Kanzem
Koepchenwerk II Langenprozelten Leitzachwerk I Leitzachwerk II Markersbach Neiderwartha Oberberg II
Odertalsperre Ortenberg
Reisach-Rabenleite Rönkhausen Säckingen
Schwarzenbachwerk Sorpetalsperre
Tanzmühle-Rabenleite
Commissioning date of first unit
n/s
1980 1979 1959 1982 n/s
1982 1953 1961 1970 1971 1976 1987 1972 1985
1975 1973
n/s
1932 1954
n/s n/s
1964
(2027) 1958 1964
2002
1958 1931
1930 1960
1942 1965 1975
1986 1989 1975 1983 1960 1979 1929 1986 n/s n/s
1955 1969 1967 1926 n/s
1959
Commissioning date of last unit
n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
1966 1974 n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
n/s n/s
n/s
1932 n/s
n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
2003
n/s n/s
n/s n/s
1959 1966 n/s
n/s
1989 n/s n/s n/s
1981 1958 n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Units: No of units -
2 1
(5) 4 2 1
(5) 24 4 1 1 4
(5) 2
1 1
6 2 -
- -
(8) -
(6) (4)
4
(8) (8)
(8) 1
2 8
(8) 1 1 2 1
(4) 6 6 2 2 1
(6) 2
(8) (4) (2) (2)
Units: Machinery type -
Francis, rev Turbine, rev
(2) Pelton + (3) pump Francis, rev Pump
Turbine, rev Pump
Bulb, rev
Francis, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev Turbine, rev
(2) Pelton + (3) pump -
Pump
Turbine, rev Pump
+ 1 pump each unit 180 - - -
2 Francis
(4) Francis + (4) pump -
(3) Francis + (3) pump (2) Francis + (2) pump
Francis, pump
(4) Francis + (4) pump (4) Francis + (4) pump
- - - - - - -
1
- -
(4) Francis, rev + (4) pump - Francis, rev
-
Francis Francis
(4) Francis + (4) pump Kaplan, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev Pump
(2) Francis + (2) pump Francis, rev Francis
Francis, rev - -
(3) Francis + (3) pump Reversible
(4) Francis + (4) pump (2) turbine + (2) pump (1) Francis + (1) pump (1) Francis + (1) pump
1/1
pump: 2, turbine: 1
- - - - - -
1 1 - - - - - - - - -
6.18 0.65 1.33 220 -
120 90
1060
160 120
153 1.4
2.8/60 320 980
1.2
153 150 50 45
1050 120 4.4 6.2
2.15 98.3 140 370 43 7.4
25.2
Units: No of stages
- -
2 - - -
2 - - - - -
5 - -
- -
-
Plant turbine operation: Max total
rating now (MW)
-
503 38 22
920 -
33 -
240 800 2
58.8 720 -
11.2 -
64.99 -
Plant turbine operation: Max total rating planned (MW)
55 - - - - - - - -
800 - - - - -
- -
1400 - -
- - - - - -
1060
- -
- -
- - -
- - - - -
1050 - - - - - - - - - -
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