The World’s Pumped Storage Plants | Country
Power plant/ pumping station
US (projected) Garden Bar US (projected) Gordon Butte US (projected)
Indian Spring US (projected) JD Pool
US (projected) Lake Pleasant US (projected) US (projected) US (projected)
Langell Valley Lorella
Mississippi Valley
US (projected) Mount Hope US (projected) New Jones Forte US (projected) Parkman US (projected) US (projected)
Pickens Rattlesnake Hill
US (projected) Red Rock US (projected) US (projected)
Reed Hill River Mountain
US (projected) Rocky Point US (projected) Russell Canyon US (projected) Saguara US (projected) US (projected)
Spring Creek Stukel Mountain US (projected) Summit
US (projected) Swan Lake North US (projected) Taffner US (projected) Tonto US (projected) Tropicana US (projected) Tule Valley
US (projected) Upper Gunnison US (projected)
Vineyard
US (projected) West Pass US (projected) West Rutland US (projected) West Valley US (projected) Vietnam
Key to storage cycles 2d a d s t
w
Commissioning date of first unit
Willow Spring Son La
projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected projected planned
two-day cycle annual daily
seasonal tidal
weekly
Other Abbreviations ( )
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ASM n/a n/s
prefeas tbc u/c
Commissioning date of last unit
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 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
(2018) Units: No of units
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Units: Machinery type
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Units: No of stages
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Plant turbine operation: Max total
rating now (MW)
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Plant turbine operation: Max total rating planned (MW)
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400 -
1500 - - - -
2000 - - - - - - - - - - - -
1500 1000 - - - - - - - - - -
1500
Expected number of units or expected commissioning date
The commissioning date for this unit reflects the replacement of the unit which was fire damaged in 2009, and will increase plant capacity to 295MW
Adjustable speed machine
Name of manufacturer not available Year not supplied Prefeasibility stage
Name of plant to be confirmed Under construction
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