| The World’s Pumped Storage Plants
Plant turbine
operation: Max total discharge (m3/s)
630 -
324
- - - -
276 -
300
- - - - - - -
Plant turbine
operation: Max head (m)
203 -
338
181.5 -
136.2 -
518 559.6 93.5
473 -
580 345 - - -
270/276 - - - - - - - - - - -
400
118.3 0
Plant turbine
operation: Speed (rev/ min)
- -
375
273 -
277 -
429 400
150
450 -
450 300 - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Plant
pumping operation: Max total
rating now (MW)
1167.5 -
950
286.4 102
394.2 -
1240 650
246
412.2 - -
727.2 - - -
836 - - - - - - - - -
240 -
Plant
pumping operation: Max total rating planned (MW)
- -
- -
204 - - - -
-
- - - - - - -
-
200 200 200 980 200 200 588 200 - -
80 12 -
100 -
500 - -
16.3 -
27 -
30 -
173.2 4.6
32 -
257 0
375 - - -
270 10.2 20
-
3.5 31 6.6
35 1.6
212 0
437
428 -
428 -
0.8 50 0.3 -
-
450 - - -
- - - -
Plant
pumping operation: Max total discharge (m3/s)
- -
245
176.4 -
300 -
210 104
300
- - -
206.6 - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Plant
pumping operation: Max head (m)
236 -
387
186.5 118
137.4 -
505.1 601.7
63
498 - -
355 - - -
280 300 400 262 364 500 190 524 300 -
340 -
400 20
80 2
118.3 0
220 0
Plant
pumping operation: Speed (rev/ min)
- -
(2) 375 (1) 345-390 (ASM)
273 -
277 -
429 400
(2) 150; (1) 130-156 (ASM)
450 - -
300 - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Storage cycle
d -
d
d s - -
d d
s
d - -
d - - -
d d d d
Manufacturer(s) of hydraulic machinery
T n/a H
H T VG M
M H(2) n/a H T H
T H
VG F AC n/a N F
n/a n/a n/a
226 -------- n/a - - - - - - - - - - - -
d/w d d
d/w d -
d -
60 8
500 - -
10 6
-0-2- 12 200 0
500/375 -
0 -
- -
- - - -
20 1.5
1.3 21 1
-
257 0 0
200 0
0
212 0
66.5
-0-9- 9.4 50
-
-0-6- 3.5 164.5 0
0.7 -20
500 - -
41.2 3.5 -
- - -
25.6 2.4 -
437 50
375 - - - -
d - -
-0-6-9 0- - 220 0
d - - - -
500/375 -
-
428 -
428
d -
-0-6-4 0- - -
-
d -
d
0- - -
-
164.5 0
-20
0- - 500 - -
- - -
VG SEW n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Andritz n/a n/a KH VG n/a n/a KH n/a n/a n/a n/a KH n/a n/a n/a KH n/a KH n/a n/a n/a KH n/a n/a
Owner - EPDC TEPCO
- - -
TEPCO TEPCO -
TEPCO
KHNP KHNP KHNP KHNP KHNP KHNP KHNP -
SEO - - - - - - - - - - -
E-CO Vannkraft - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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