| The World’s Pumped Storage Plants
Plant turbine
operation: Max total discharge (m3/s)
33 -
75 - - - - - -
75
1.6 32
20 - -
Plant turbine
operation: Max head (m)
877 623
449 - - - - - -
449 -
882 -
Plant turbine
operation: Speed (rev/ min)
- -
- - - - - - - -
-
750 -
180 50
199.5 -
1890 3776
2908 -
316.5 401 110 370 121 -
155.4 114
83.5 -
500 300 400
150 -
150 150
136 - Plant
pumping operation: Max total
rating now (MW)
- -
159 32 -
5
47 15
8.22 -
2 10 260
142.9 -
7 - - - -
Plant
pumping operation: Max total rating planned (MW)
- -
- - - - - - - -
- - -
- -
Plant
pumping operation: Max total discharge (m3/s)
- -
- - - - - - - -
-
0.9 -
2.8 Plant
pumping operation: Max head (m)
- -
483 688 -
1000 200 258 390 449
154 920 877
Plant
pumping operation: Speed (rev/ min)
- -
- - - - - - - -
-
1000 -
410 - - -
- -
1650 171 145 410 -
2947 4000
1260
334.8 -
160 43.8 168 -
1834 3456
1368 -
130 326 411 115 443
600 300 400
150 -
150 150
136 -
Storage cycle
- -
-
s -
s s
w - -
d/w s -
Manufacturer(s) of hydraulic machinery
n/a Owner
Forces Motrices Hongrin-Leman
ABB A Linth-Limmern (KLL) V
n/a
AHS n/a n/a n/a
V + SEW n/a
--------- n/a -
--------- n/a ------ 445 105
-- V s/d - -
142.9 -
125.9 -
165.6 114
83.5 -
a d a -
d
w d
-
n/a n/a
V + SEW n/a H M
VG AJ n/a n/a MC n/a KT LE
LE n/a
--------- n/a --------- n/a
128
420 -
115 187
--------- n/a 348
- - -
513 -
290 178
500 - - -
436 -
1890 -
300 334
-
- - - -
216 -
1595 - -
306 365 -
544 -
290 183.5 -
- - - - -
--------- n/a -
-
d -
d w w KH(2) EE(2) N
n/a KH n/a
KH N KH
--------- n/a --------- n/a --------- n/a -
-
370 58
915 303
337 72
281 -
300 200
-
339 345 105
225 257 - -
-
- -
-
- -
-
- -
-
324 408
-
300 -
-
1200 222 250
- - -
322 - -
358 345 105
225 257 - -
-
- -
--------- n/a --------- n/a 324 380
330 228
3003 600
3003 -
850 250
365 240
- -
- - -
- -
Nant de Drance - - - - -
EWO - - - - - - - -
EGAT - -
EGAT
UkrHydro -
- -
- -
SSE - - -
First Hydro
Gilkes Energy First Hydro - - - -
n/a
VG GE M GEC
AC BM HT
H
AC GE AC GE
Glen Earrach Energy -
SSE
Duke Energy -
Dominion (60%)/ Allegheny (40%)
- NYPA
Xcel Energy USACE
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