The World’s Pumped Storage Plants | Country
Power plant/ pumping station
US US
US US US US US US US US US US US US US US US US US
US US
US US
US
US US
US US US US US US US US US US US
US US
US US US
US (projected) Castaic
Clarence Cannon Degray
Eagle Mountain Edward C Hyatt Fairfield Flatiron
Grand Coulee Gregory County Harry S Truman Helms
Hiwassee
Horse Mesa Iowa Hill Jocassee
Kinzua (Seneca) Lake Hodges Lewis Ridge Lewiston
Ludington
Mormon Flat Mount Elbert Muddy Run
Navajo Energy Storage Station
Next Generation PS Facility
Northfield Mountain O’Neill
Raccoon Mountain Richard G Russell Rocky Mountain Rocky River Salina
San Luis
San Vicente (tbc) Seminoe
Smith Mountain Taum Sauk
tbc
Thermalito Wallace
White Pine Yards Creek Albert Rim
US (projected) Blue Diamond US (projected) Bryant Mountain US (projected) US (projected)
Butte Crystal Creek
US (projected) Cuffs Run US (projected)
Davis
US (projected) Dominguez US (projected) Dry Fork
Commissioning date of first unit
1973 1972
1969 n/s
1968 1975 1954 1980
proposed 1980 1984 1958 1972
planned 1973 1969 n/s
planned 1961
1973 1971
1975 1967
proposed
planned 1972
1968 1975 1991 1995 n/s
1968 1967
proposed planned 1963 1964
planned 1968
1977
planned 1965
projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected
Commissioning date of last unit
1978 1983
n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
1981 n/s n/s
1984 n/s n/s
2016 n/s n/s
2012 n/s
1961 1973 n/s
n/s n/s
proposed n/s
1972 n/s
1979 1993 n/s
1929 1971 1968 n/s n/s n/s n/s
n/s n/s
n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Units: No of units
(7) 1
1 -
3 8 1 6 -
6 3 1 1 3 4 2 2 -
12 6 1
1 8
- -
4 6 4 4 3 2 6 8 - -
2 2
-
3 4 -
3 - - - - - - - - -
Units: Machinery type
(6) Francis, rev + (1) Francis
Francis, rev Francis, rev -
Francis, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev -
Rad ax
Francis, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev Pump
Francis, rev Francis, rev Pump -
Francis, rev Francis, rev -
Francis, rev -
- -
Francis, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev Pump, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev - -
Francis, rev Francis, rev
-
Francis, rev Francis, rev -
Francis, rev - - - - - - - - -
Units: No of stages
- -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- -
- -
-
- -
- - - - - - - - - - -
- -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
-
1080 25
1652 400
1035 31
288 400 - -
139 440
- 92
267 -
501 - - - - - - - - -
Plant turbine operation: Max total
rating now (MW)
1507 58
29 -
780 568 9
314 -
170
1200 70 90 -
610 440 40 -
2880 1872 47
200 1071
Plant turbine operation: Max total rating planned (MW)
1507 -
-
1300 - - - -
2100 -
1200 - -
400 - -
40
287 -
1872 -
-
1071 2210
1540 1080
-
1652 -
1035 -
576 -
500 900 -
440 - -
-
1000 - - - - - - - - - -
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